Amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in India and the ongoing lockdown in the country till 3 May, 2020, Odisha governenment has ordered a complete shutdown, akin to curfew, in a number of districts in view of the rising cases in the state.
According to Asit Tripathy, Chief Secretary, Odisha, a curfew has been imposed in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur districts from 10 pm Thursday for Covid-19 surveillance.
The curfew will be operational till 26 April, 2020, he added. With four fresh Covid-19 cases emerging in the state today, the total number of positive cases have surged to 87 on Thursday.
The Information and Public Relations Department said that all the four detected are from Jajpur district. It said all the four cases are relatives of