Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday announced 60-hour complete showdown from 10 pm in Bhadrak, Jajpur and Balasore districts, which have witnessed a significant rise in COVID-19 cases in the last four days.
According to a notification issued by the Chief Secretary, all offices, shops and establishments will remain closed during this period.
The services exempted from this shutdown order include:
All movement passes issued, if any, by any authority stand suspended during this shutdown. If required, fresh passes shall be issued by collectors or SPs of the districts of Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore within their respective jurisdictions during the shutdown period.
The sarpanchs of the gram panchayats and authorities of ULBs will launch a massive operation and enlist all such persons who may have come from outside the state and assist the district administration in aggressive contact tracing, the notification added.
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