Odisha govt. orders 10-day strict enforcement of COVID-19 protocol

The Odisha authorities on Tuesday directed its police administration to conduct a 10-day drive for strict enforcement of COVID-19 security protocols.

Chairing a high-level assembly right here, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed considerations over resurgence in COVID-19 virus, which was more and more infecting folks in Odisha in latest weeks.

“We have been able to successfully control the first wave of COVID-19 in spite of a challenging situation when the nature of the virus was unknown. We are now battle hardened and I am sure we will be able to successfully tackle this resurgence of the virus infection,” mentioned Mr. Patnaik.

“We have to enforce the COVID-19 safety protocols strictly to slow down the spread of the virus. Director General of Police is directed to deploy the police personnel in large numbers across the State in a 10-day drive to strictly enforce the COVID-19 safety protocols as notified,” the CM mentioned whereas interacting with prime officers.

Before the recent route got here, Odisha police had already stepped-up enforcement. “From morning of Monday to morning of Tuesday, one case has been registered, 21 people arrested, 900 vehicles seized and fines to the tune of ₹27,64,000 has been collected for violation of COVID-19 guidelines,” mentioned the State police.

Mr. Patnaik mentioned, “The new wave of COVID-19 spread seemed to be more infectious and might create a devastating situation, if we do not take it seriously. We will go for strict enforcement of COVID norms at institutional and individual level”

Observing that the virus unfold gave the impression to be primarily concentrated within the districts adjoining the Chhattisgarh border, he mentioned, “I would urge the Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) and senior officials to visit the western Odisha districts with high incidence of the COVID-19 positive cases and conduct on-ground assessment and take suitable urgent action.”

The CM additionally directed the well being division to instantly redeploy medical doctors, paramedics, and laboratory technicians to western Odisha districts to strengthen the manpower required to combat the virus.

According to a high-level overview assembly, there needs to be enough hospital capability to take care of the rising circumstances. Emphasis has been laid on satisfactory ambulances with oxygen provide within the extremely affected areas, correct monitoring techniques and addressing emergency calls.

Collectors have been requested to contain all sections of the society together with the panchayati raj establishment members, Mission Shakti teams, and guarantee consciousness and enforcement.

Odisha on Tuesday reported 588 new optimistic circumstances. The highest quantity of 105 individuals examined optimistic in Khordha, adopted by 84 in Sundargarh. Kalahandi and Jharsuguda reported 64 and 31 recent circumstances respectively.

Total circumstances now jumped to three,43,856 circumstances in Odisha whereas 1,922 misplaced their lives to the illness. After restoration of 3,38,150, complete energetic circumstances stood at 3,731. Meanwhile, Puri district administration has introduced to limit entry of vacationers from 5 high-risk States to pilgrimage city. Tourists from Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh could be allowed solely with very latest RT-PCR adverse report, mentioned Samarth Verma, Puri district collector.