Odisha News
➡️ Bhubaneswar reports single-day spike of 1119 Covid positive cases in last 24 hours including 175 Quarantine cases and 944 local contact cases.
➡️ 5014 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases of Odisha now stand at 375721.
➡️ Odisha today received 1.5 lakh doses of Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine for 3rd phase vaccination.
➡️ Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik sanctions Rs 10 crore to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for COVID management.
➡️ Food Security Act beneficiaries in Odisha will get additional 5 kg rice free of cost in May and June.
➡️ All shops & business establishments will be closed after 2 PM everyday from May 3 to May 15, informed Odisha Traders’ Association Secretary Sudhakar Panda on Friday.
➡️ OPSC Recruitment 2021: Notification For Online Application Of Homoeopathic Medical Officers Begins.
➡️ COVID vaccination will not be held between May 1 and May 2 as the entire State will be under the weekend shutdown in Odisha.
➡️ Odisha Health Minister writes to Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan requesting him to immediately supply at least 25lakh doses of Covishield in a single lot to ensure the 2nd doses of vaccine to the people aged 45 years & above.
➡️ Weekend shutdown to be imposed in entire Jagatsinghpur district.
India News
➡️ PM Narendra Modi reviews the Covid-19 situation during Council of Ministers meeting. Discussed about various steps being undertaken.
➡️ Renowned TV journalist Rohit Sardana succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 on Friday.
➡️ Veteran Pistol Shooter Chandro Tomar popularly knows as ‘Shooter Dadi’, passes away due to Covid-19.
➡️ Bihar Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh passes away due to COVID19.
➡️ 62,919 new cases, 828 deaths and 69,710 discharges reported in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours; active cases 6,62,640.
➡️ Karnataka reports 48,296 new cases, Kerala reports 37,199 new cases in the last 24 hours.
➡️ More than 2.45 Cr beneficiaries register themselves on Co-WIN till 9.30 am today.
➡️ Summer vacations declared in universities and colleges of Bihar from 1st May to 31st May.
➡️ Another earthquake of magnitude 3.2 hit Sonitpur in Assam at 6:27 pm: National Centre for Seismology.
➡️ Steel plants from across the nation supplied 3390 MT medical oxygen yesterday: Ministry of Steel.
World News
➡️ Britain’s Boris Johnson’s mobile number available openly for 15 years: Reports.
➡️ Chinese President sends message to PM Modi, offers to strengthen anti-pandemic cooperation.
➡️ Russia produces first batch of Covid Vaccine for Animals.