48-Hour Shutdown in Twin City & Bhadrak Ends

Bhubaneswar (Pramit Pramathes): The 48 hour shutdown that had been imposed on Friday in Twin City Cuttack-Bhubaneswar and Bhadrak ended today at 8 pm. The shutdown was lifted as no threat of community transmission of Coronavirus was found in these areas.

Earlier today Odisha Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy had said that the 48-hour shutdown will end at 8 pm on Sunday in the three places whereas the 21-day lockdown will continue across the state till April 14.

Dispelling apprehensions of community transmission in the state, he said the government will focus on hotspot containment strategy in the next 7 to 10 days.

District administrations have been asked to enforce containment strategy at the hotspots where patients have no travel history and are asymptomatic, for the rest of the lockdown period, said the Chief Secretary.