NEW DELHI : The Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha on Sunday decided to make 14-day compulsorily quarantine for all returnees amid rising number of coronavirus cases in the state.
67 people tested positive for covid-19 in the state in past 24 hours, taking the state's deadly infection tally to 1,336, a health department official said.
The state government said the returnees in the rural areas would have to go for a compulsorily 7-day institutional and 7-day home quarantine while for urban areas a 14-day home quarantine is mandatory.
The 14-day quarantine will be compulsorily for the returnees in Odisha. In rural areas, 7-day institutional and 7-day home quarantine.