After Bhubaneswar, 3 other districts go for shutdown

Staff Writer@Blink

Bhubaneswar, April 23: Odisha government on Thursday ordered putting Bhadrak, Jajpur and Balasore district under complete shutdown for 60 hours.

The decision was announced by the State Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy. He said that the three districts would go for shutdown from 10am on Thursady for 60 hours.

“The shutdown will be utilized for better surveillance of households and better screening of persons through contact screening,” he said.

He also said that the state will go for three times more testing during the shutdown period. During the shutdown all markets will be closed and public will not be allowed to venture out.

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