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DFO Office In Odisha’s Balasore Closed After Official Tests COVID-19 Positive

Balasore: The office of the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) at Kuruda in Odisha’s Balasore district on Wednesday was closed for two days after an Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) tested positive for COVID-19.

According to Balasore DFO Biswaraj Panda, the staffers have been asked not to come to the office for two days on July 15 and 16.

Stating that the entire office premises is being sanitized, he said that the ACF has been referred to COVID hospital while swab samples of those who had come in contact with him will be sent for the test.

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