Keonjhar: The Barbil town in Odisha’s Keonjhar district has been shut down for a week after the detection of 11 local COVID-19 cases.
Informing the media here, Collector Ashish Thakare said the entire town will remain shut for a week from Sunday to contain the spread of the virus. Contact tracing and active surveillance will be carried out during this period.
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Barring essential services, all business and trading establishments will remain closed during the weeklong shutdown, he added.
