Bhubaneswar: With the number of COVID-19 positive cases declining steadily across Odisha, the state government has decided to discontinue pasting posters in front of the houses of patients who are infected by coronavirus and under hom
e isolation.
In a directive to all Collectors, District Magistrates and Municipal Commissioners, Additional Chief Secretary to the government P.K. Mohapatra has stated: “It is now felt that identification of the houses of COVID-19 patients under Home Isolation by pasting of posters outside their houses is not a requirement anymore. You are therefore, requested to discontinue the practice of affixing of posters outside the COVID-19 positive patients under home isolation immediately.”
Odisha reported 480 new cases in last 24 hours. The state has just 5,046 active cases currently, with 3,12,734 patients having recovered so far.