Odisha Panchayat Elections: SEC Relaxes COVID Restrictions For Counting Of Votes

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: With cases dropping in Odisha, the State Election Commission (SEC) has relaxed COVID-19 restrictions it imposed for counting of votes of the panchayat polls.

Earlier, the SEC had issued orders for compulsory RT-PCR or Rapid Antigen test for officials entering counting centres within 48 hours of commencement of counting even if they are fully vaccinated.

The SEC on Monday wrote to all district Collectors over the relaxation of restrictions.

Under the relaxed rules, all persons entering counting centres will be subjected to thermal scanning but they have to be double vaccinated.

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