Dhenkanal: A priest of a prominent temple in Dhenkanal town has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
According to sources, the district administration and the endowment department sanitised the temple after the test report confirmed that he had contracted the virus.
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Inspector, Endowment Department, Pradyumna Tripathy told the media that the infected priest was present in the temple on Rath Yatra and Bahuda Yatra. However, the 70-year-old was not given any charge as he was not keeping well.
The process of contact tracing is underway, he added.
