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After Kerala, Odisha too encourages using umbrellas for social distancing

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Bhubaneswar: People of Odisha's Ganjam district have been advised to use the ubiquitous umbrella as a tool for maintaining social distancing, besides beating the heat.

Ganjam district Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange shared a cartoon picture in a twitter post, showing how a brolly enforces a distance of around 1.5 metres between two persons and thereby helps check the spread of coronavirus infection. "I thought that an umbrella automatically creates social distancing for the user.

If one uses an umbrella, it will automatically create a distance of 1.5 metres from another person. This apart, use of umbrella will also help beat the heat," the 2013 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer told PTI over phone.

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