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Representative Image BHUBANESWAR: With a surge in fresh Covid-19 cases in the state, the daily routine of elders has been disrupted again. Doctors have advised them against going out for non-essential work and many have voluntarily stopped going out for morning walks and evening strolls due to fear of infection. Those staying alone have once again started depending on home delivery services for grocery, medicine and other essentials, bringing back disturbing memories of 2020. “As fresh Covid cases have started increasing again, life has become harder for elderly persons like us. Since elders are more vulnerable, we need to be extra careful. We have been locked up in our houses once again. It is scary and disturbing. Morning and evening visits to parks and meeting friends help us stay relaxed,” said Bibhuti Bhusan Rath, a senior citizen and resident of Saheed Nagar. ....
Amid the launch of Tika Utsav, the state’s Covid surge on Sunday touched a new high with 1,379 cases while the vaccination sites came down further. ....
BHUBANESWAR: BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda held roadshow and rallies in various panchayats, seeking votes for party candidate Ashrit Pattanayak on the last Sunday before Pipili goes to polls on April 17, even as the BJD made last-minute preparations ahead of party president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s virtual rally on Monday. Large LED screens have been installed at Pata Sahanipur, Danda Mukundapur, Kumareswar, Rench, Bada Ankula and Singh Berhampur so that people can listen to the chief minister’s address as he campaigns for BJD candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy in the bypoll which was necessitated following the death of his father Pradeep Maharathy. ....
With physical classes for Class IX students suspended till April 30, the decision regarding annual exam will be taken after that time, said school an ....
Representative image BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government on Monday asked hospitals, both government and private, to avoid non-essential hospitalizations and defer elective surgeries in view of second wave of Covid infections. A fresh set of guidelines issued by the state issued by the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) asked the hospitals to stop all elective surgeries while take up emergency surgeries with universal precaution. Amid rising Covid infections, the government asked the hospitals to suspend central registration of patients, to avoid crowds in queue, for OPD care. Instead, it asked them to do manual registration by maintaining social distancing. The government move came on a day the state witnessed 1,741 new infections and two deaths. The state has been reporting more than 1,000 new cases per day for past four days. The state now has 9,259 active cases. ....