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4th COVID-19 case in Odisha identified as 29-year-old man returned from Dubai

<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, fourth COVID-19 case identified as a 29-year-old man from Bhadrak tested positive yesterday. According to the Health and Family Welfare Department, he had recently returned from Dubai. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">State Health Secretary Nikunja Bihari Dhal spoke to Bhadrak Collector and asked him to shift the patient to Sriram Chandra Bhanj Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Mr Dhal further instructed to isolate the close contacts and get them tested and trace all contacts as soon as possible.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Odisha Health Minister Naba Das informed that the State Government has ordered eight Lakhs personal protective equipment (PPE) for the health care professionals. The State Government has also opened 276 temporary camps to take care of workers from other states stranded in Odisha.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Amid growing concern over Novel Coronavirus, people of the Odisha today remembered the champions of the Odisha statehood movement on the 85th Anniversary of Utkal Diwas. People commemorated the sacrifices made by leaders for the formation of Odisha as a separate state on this day in 1936. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Taking to Twitter, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Governor Ganeshi Lal extended greetings to the people on the occasion which marks the formation of Odisha on linguistic basis.</span><br />

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