Red Cross creates awareness on corona
Bhubaneswar: To check spread of novel coronavirus, the Indian Red Cross Society, Odisha State Branch has undertaken an awareness drive in the city. Office staffs, YRC counselors and volunteers are creating awareness at different squares. They demonstrated proper hand-washing and distributed leaflets on personal hygiene and dos and don’ts to control the global pandemic. They made people learn how to remain safe by maintaining respiratory hygiene and distance from affected people.
100 cattle rescued in Khordha from being trafficked to WB
Khordha: Over 100 cattle were rescued in critical conditions by locals in Khordha district while they were reportedly being trafficked to West Bengal on Thursday morning. The locals stopped a cattle-laden container truck at Daleiput Chhak near the Sadar police station on NH-16, rescued the animals and handed over the truck to police. Sources said that the cattle were being transported from Brahmapur. Many cattle were found dead in the vehicle.
B’swar women volunteer on door-to-door drive on corona
Baleswar: In a bid to augment health awareness among urban residents in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, as many as over 1,000 members of the Mahila Arogya Samitis are making door-to-door approaches. In the Baleswar municipality area, the volunteers have been working across all 31 wards since Monday. Besides distributing leaflets and appealing for hand washing and stressing on social distancing, they are also explaining the benefits of following the do’s and don’ts during the threat period.
Brahmapur Ceragem Centre closed for corona
Brahmapur: As per the decision taken by the Ganjam district administration in view of pandemic novel coronavirus, the Ceragem Centre located on the 1st line of Aravinda Nagar here has been closed for an indefinite period. This was informed by centre owner Manoj Kumar Nayak. All the centres of Ceragem in Odisha have also been closed.