Corona Update

* Centre approves Rs 5,751 crore additional assistance to eight states - Kerala, Maharashtra, Bihar, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Karnataka as calamity relief; Odisha to get Rs 179.64 crore from NDRF fund. * Odisha CM…

TNI Bureau: Here's the update given by Odisha Government's COVID-19 Chief Spokesperson on Coronavirus situation in the State: ? 4,495 people who have returned from abroad, have registered via Odisha Government's portal and helpline…

* 3rd positive case raises possibility of community transmission in Odisha: COVID-19 spokesperson Subroto Bagchi. * Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro asks all Vidhan Sabha employees to go on home quarantine after third Covid-19 patient…

* Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation ropes in 28 stores for essential commodities delivery. * 35 Private Laboratories in India, including Dept of Lab Services, Apollo Hospitals in #Bhubaneswar get the nod from ICMR to conduct #COVID19…

* Odisha to set up India’s Biggest COVID-19 Hospitals in 15 Days. * One more tests positive in Odisha, total positive cases rise to 3. All are from Bhubaneswar : Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Odisha. *…

* Odisha puts 82,248 in self-quarantine: Odisha Govt chief COVID-19 spokesperson Subroto Bagchi. * Offices of FS & CW, GA & PG, H & UD, Home, Health & Family Welfare, SRC & OSDMA declared 'critical' departments; these…

* Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces advance salary payment to Doctors, Paramedical & Healthcare staffs for the months of April, May, June & July; to be disbursed in April. * Odisha CM writes to PM on goods across states through…

? Odisha Government has released Rs 44.5 crore for 30 districts to fight #Coronavirus. ? 133 samples sent for testing in Odisha so far. Test reports received for 129 people. Two positive cases till date. ? 4,015 people who have…

TNI Bureau: 42 students from Odisha, who were stranded in Andhra Pradesh, have been rescued yesterday and returning home by two special buses. The students had gone to Markpuram area in Prahkasham district in Andhra Pradesh on March 16…

* B.Ed students from Odisha stranded in Andhra Pradesh rescued. * Odisha Police answers frequently asked questions (FAQ) on Lockdown. * Number of coronavirus cases rises to 562 in India; active cases stand at 512. Death Toll rises to…