No basis to speculation of extension of weekend shutdown in Odisha: SRC

Prameyanews English

Published By : Prameya News Bureau | June 09, 2020 IST

Bhubaneswar, June 9: There is no basis to speculation to the extension of weekend shutdown beyond Saturday and Sunday, informed Special Relief Commissioner, Pradeep Kumar Jena.  The SRC also urged people not to resort to unnecessary panic buying. The SRC made the clarification after speculations of extension of shutdown in various places for substantial increase in Covid-19 cases. As many as 146 persons tested positive for Coronavirus on June 8, taking the total tally to 3140. While 127 cases were reported from quarantine centres, 19 were local contacts. Earlier the State government has announced to enforce a two-day shutdown in 11 districts on Saturdays and Sundays till June end. These districts are — Ganjam, Puri, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore and Balangir.

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