Analysis says Covid-19 Pandemic will provoke mental health issues

Bhubaneswar: Mental health problems are likely to increase exponentially both at the individual and community levels as the impact of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) deepens over the next few months. The first impact will be on those who had mental health challenges before the pandemic. Their problems will almost certainly be exacerbated. There is already an…

Read More

One more COVID-19 patient of Bhubaneswar recovers

Bhubaneswar: One more COVID-19 patient of Bhubaneswar has reportedly recovered and is being discharged from the hospital. The total recovered cases now stand at 56. This was informed by the State Health and Family Welfare department on Twitter: One more Covid patient of Bhubaneswar has recovered and is being discharged today. The total recovered cases…

Read More

COVID-19: Lockdown extended for 2 more weeks from 4 May, says MHA

Bhubaneswar: Lockdown 2.0 is continuing, ahead of this Union Health Ministry has extended the Lockdown for 2 more weeks from 4 May 2020. Lockdown 3.0 listed 130 districts in the country in red zone, 284 in orange zone and 319 green zone. The new guidelines say “for the well-being and safety” of people, movement for all…

Read More

Ambulance carrying Corona Patient faced accident at Cuttack

Bhubaneswar: An Ambulance carrying 3 COVID-19 patients from Jajpur faced accident at the Chaluaganj Over bridge, Cuttack. These patients were coming from Jajpur Corona Hospital. As per the sources, the 3 Corona patients are safe and have been moved to the SUM Covid Hospital, Bhubaneswar. The Ambulance & the accident place have been sanitized by…

Read More

BMC explain about the Opening Of Shops In Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Explaining the queries & doubts of traders in Bhubaneswar regarding the opening of shops and other business establishments, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued a clarification on today. BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary made it clear that shops dealing with all essential commodities shall remain open told while briefing the media. The neighbourhood shops, standalone shops…

Read More

Highest No. of COVID cases in Odisha today with 2 recoveries

Bhubaneswar: Two more COVID-19 patients recovered today, bringing down the number of recovered cases in Odisha to 41, tweet by Health and Family Welfare Department. Earlier today, as many as 17 persons were tested positive with COVID-19 in the State taking the total coronavirus cases to 142. In the meantime, labors from Surat & Tamilnadu are rushing to…

Read More

With 2 More Covid-19 Positive Cases , Tally Reaches 111 in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In the health update of 27th April (i.e. today) by the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department, GoO, 03 new positive cases have been detected in Odisha. One positive case in Koraput (Dasmantapur) 22 Yrs Male, Health worker (Asymptomatic) One positive case in Balasore 32 Yrs Male (West Bengal returnee). He is a staff nurse…

Read More

Elderly are the worst sufferers during Covid-19 Lock down – Agewell Survey

Bhubaneswar: Elderly are the worst affected among all during current lock down situation due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. It was revealed by a latest survey, conducted by Agewell Foundation, an NGO, working for the welfare and empowerment of older persons in the country since 1999. For the survey, 5000 older persons across the country were…

Read More

Masks mandatory for Street vendors

Bhubaneswar: THE Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday collected `17,600 fine from 88 persons for not wearing mask outside home and warned vendors selling vegetables, fruits and grocery items of heavy penalty if they too were found without masks during the lockdown period. BMC officials said continuing its drive against the violators, the civic body has…

Read More