VILLAGE IN GANJAM NOW IN CORONAVIRUS HOTSPOT (!)

II ODISHABARTA II

BERHAMPUR: Lalmenta village under Chikiti block was declared as COVID-19 hotspot, by Ganjam administration. This was announced after a crowd of labourers who had returned from Bhubaneswar & visited the Nuapada market to purchase essentials even after they were asked to remain under home quarantine

Sub-Collector Sindhe Dattatraya Bhausaheb and a medical crew arrived at the village and started their verification, they noticed that 266 labourers who were employed in Bhubaneswar. While a majority were in quarantine, some of the returnees had come in connection with 46 others.

Monday Pinak Mishra,SP Berhampur visited the village with his team and appeal to the villagers with some specific points; Not to be Panic, Maintain Social distances. He discussed with the BDO and other Block Officers instructed them to take proper care.

Their contact tracing is initiated but not to be declaring either to public or to Press.

The police and district administration chose to notify the village as a hotspot and sealed its entry and exit points.