y k y cm VIEWPOINT GUERRILLAS CAPTURE BASE CSK FACE SRH TODAY Actor Shruti Haasan doesn’t agree Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Chennai Super Kings look to continue their that a gothic look can be risky for Myanmar army base Tuesday near the border winning run when they face an inconsistent Sunrisers Hyderabad actresses LEISURE | P2 with Thailand INTERNATIONAL | P10 SPORTS | P12 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 28 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 | 2021 12 PAGES | `4.00 VACCINES HAVE VANISHED Govt not sure as to when the doses for Covid-19 vaccination would arrive in state POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, April 27: The state gov- KIT CRUNCH HITS TESTING ernment Tuesday said the Co-WIN portal meant for registration of the new BHUBANESWAR: Even as the state ing has also been changed. No test- Remdesivir missing set of beneficiaries aged between 18 and government makes tall claims on ing is being conducted at urban 44 would start the registration from its Covid management, people in health centers of Bhubaneswar in Wednesday. However, the state health many parts of the state are facing a the second half. The only hope is from open markets department said while all eligible per- tough time to get tests. According to the Capital Hospital where people sons can register on Co-WIN, their reports, people were denied testing stay in queues for hours to get tested. POST NEWS NETWORK Medical Corporation dis- real vaccination may be delayed as at Komna community public health Private labs including GENX, In tributes the drug to gov- there are no vaccines available now. centre in Nuapada district Tuesday. DNA and Redcliffe Life Sciences Bhubaneswar, April 27: ernment hospitals. In Cuttack, vaccination stopped due “I was waiting in a queue for Covid have refused to conduct antigen With a steep hike in Covid- Around 21,000 vials have to lack of vaccines at government and test. But, now, the heath officials say tests. They conduct only RT-PCR 19 cases, the shortage of been allocated to Odisha for private hospitals, Tuesday. Inoculation they don’t have antigen kits,” said a tests. “As there was allegation that remdesivir in the open mar- the period from April 21 to drive was shut at all government and man. The health centre in-charge has antigen test reports are not fully ket has added to the prob- April 30 which are being private medical facilities. While 100 admitted that they were not getting correct, we are not conducting anti- lems of Covid patients in sent on a daily basis, he doses were administered at CDA CHC, enough antigen kits to conduct tests. gen tests,” said an official of a pri- the state. The state is fac- said. “The requirement was 200 shots were given at SCBMCH. The situation was similar in vate laboratory at Saheed Nagar. ing a shortage of remde- nearly 2,000 vials yesterday, The state government is not yet sure Bhubaneswar. Test kits in the com- However, the health department sivir, the drug used for treat- but the state had received as to when the doses would arrive. The munity health centre at Brahmeswar has a different story. “There is no ing the SARS-CoV-2 virus only 92 vials. We have got in- state health and family welfare direc- Patna got exhausted at 10 am Tuesday. shortage of testing kits. As more in hospitalised adults, Drugs formation that even fewer tor, Bijay Panigrahi, Tuesday admitted mobile numbers and register through on the availability of vaccines with us. “We get fewer test kits from Capital people are coming forward for tests, Controller Annada Sankar vials are reaching today, but that there might be a delay for the in- OTPs and other ID details in Co-WIN. We are ready with the infrastructure. Hospital. So we were not able to test the kits might have been exhausted Das told media here Tuesday. we have no information oculation drive for the 18 plus group to When asked when the vaccines will We will announce the number of vac- people coming here,” said a lady in one or two places,” said Director, Das said the Centre has about the exact quantity,” start. “The registration of people in this arrive here, he said, as per the infor- cine centres and other details after get- staff of the hospital. The testing tim- Public Health, Niranjan Mishra. brought the distribution of Das said, adding, private age group on the Co-WIN website can mation the government has it may get ting our supply of doses,” the health the essential drug under its medical stores are not al- start from Wednesday. But there can be Covisheild doses in mid May. The department official said. to shortage and erratic supply of vac- issue of shortage of Covishield which control. The Centre is pro- lowed to store or sell the no booking of slots. We will announce Serum Institute of India will inform The state government is already cines. In the last one month, several is used in a majority of centres in viding the anti-viral drug drug. However, there is no slot-booking when we get enough sup- the government about their likely date struggling to get their initial bene- vaccination centres in the state have Odisha except for Bhubaneswar and to states, he said. The Drugs shortage of Fabiflu. ply of vaccines,” he added. of consignment, he said. “We are hope- ficiaries like health workers, frontline been shut due to shortage of Covid Cuttack, the inoculation drive to pro- Controller supplies remde- Pharmaceuticals in said Talking about the registration, the of- ful of getting Covaxin supply in May. workers, elderly and people above 19 vaccines. While the state govern- tect the most vulnerable is already sivir to private hospitals there is also a shortage of ficial said people will need to seed their The vaccine drive in the state depends the age of 45 years vaccinated owing ment has been regularly facing the delayed in the state. whereas the Odisha State pulse oximeter. IRREGULAR by MANJUL LIFE-SAVING GAS EC bans ‘victory MANOJ march’ by parties AGENCIES New Delhi, April 27: In view of DAS the rapidly increasing threat posed by coronavirus in the coun- try, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday banned any kind of PASSES 'victory procession' by any po- litical party after the results of the Assembly elections held in five states are declared on May 2. Any Can’t have him in Covid data violation of this EC order will collection team, sir. He is honest and AWAY invite strict action against the good in counting. candidate and his party. Not more than two people will accompany the candidate while receiving Covid duty: 12 OAS POST NEWS NETWORK Ganeshi Lal condoled the sad de- the victory certificate. mise of the legendary writer and Covid-19 cases are increasing officers deputed Bhubaneswar, April 27: thinker and conveyed his heart- at an alarming rate in the coun- Eminent writer, editor and colum- felt sympathy to his family and try with more than 3.5 lakh cases POST NEWS NETWORK The first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying 70 tonnes of the gas reaches Delhi Cantt early Tuesday morning nist Manoj Das passed away readers. “He would continue to coming up every day. The Madras Tuesday evening. He was un- inspire generations through his High Court (HC) had recently Bhubaneswar, April 27 : The dergoing treatment at a hospi- timeless literary works,” ob- held the EC responsible for the state government Tuesday ordered tal in Pondicherry. He was 87. served Governor. In 1971, his re- surge in Covid-19 cases and said deputation of 12 Odisha At time of national crisis, we Das was suffering from age-related search in the archives of London a "murder case should be regis- Administrative Service (OAS) of- aliments and was admitted to and Edinburgh brought to light tered for the deaths caused due ficers to help in better manage- the hospital for past few months. some of the little-known facts of to the virus". A day after the ment of Covid-19 in western Das was the foremost bilin- India’s freedom struggle in the Madras HC observations, the EC Odisha. can’t be a mute spectator: SC gual Odia writer and a master first decade of the twentieth cen- A notification Tuesday said of dramatic expression both tury led by Sri Aurobindo for these 12 OAS officers will help the in his English and Odia short which he received the first Sri district administrations of AGENCIES pandemic situation within their demic situation due to sudden surge stories and novels. In 2000, he Aurobindo Puraskar. Nuapada, Bolangir, Bargarh, territorial boundaries. There is a in COVID-19 cases as also mortal- was awarded with Saraswati His deeper quest led him to Sambalpur and Sundargarh. They New Delhi, April 27: Terming need for top court's intervention ity and said it expected the Centre Samman. He was awarded mysticism and he has been an in- have been asked to report to the massive resurgence of COVID- on certain national issues as there to come out with a “national plan” Padma Shri in 2001 and Padma mate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Collectors and help them in man- 19 cases a "national crisis", the might be matters related to coor- to deal with distribution of essen- Bhusan in 2020 for his contri- in Pondicherry since 1963 where aging Covid cases in a better way Supreme Court Tuesday said it dination between states, it said. tial services and supplies, includ- bution in the fields of litera- he taught English literature and with coordinated efforts.