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By: Shree1news, 30 JUN 2021
Odisha Govt. is all set to announce unlock guidelines for a number of of its districts in southern and western Odisha even because the restrictions in coastal Odisha and capital Bhubaneswar are likely to continue because of excessive test positivity rate.
Officials mentioned Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra would announce the unlock guidelines on Wednesday afternoon ahead of the end of the present lockdown scheduled until July 1 morning. Mohapatra mentioned the Covid situation has not worsened in 17 districts, whereas in eight districts in coastal and northern Odisha the situation has not improved much.
On Tuesday, while reviewing the situation of Covid-19 in Odisha, Chief minister Naveen Patnaik had mentioned that the second wave is not over yet and experts are warning about the third wave of Covid. “We should not let our guards down but be much more careful. He stressed on door-to-door surveys to be intensified and mentioned that doctors should be ready to handle cases related to children as the third wave is likely to impact the young.
On Wednesday, Odisha reported 3,371 new Covid cases as the daily infection numbers continued to hover above 3,000. The number of deaths crossed 4,000 as 48 fresh Covid deaths were reported, the highest single day fatality so far. The total Covid cases in Odisha climbed to 909,800.
Director of public health Niranjan Mishra indicated that the lockdown is likely to continue in eight districts including Khurda and coastal Odisha district of Balasore. Though the Covid graph has dipped in many districts, the situation in Khurda, Puri, Cuttack, Balasore and Jajpur are still far from satisfactory.
“Positivity rate is decreasing but people need to be cautious else, the cases might increase again. A decision regarding the partial unlock will be taken considering the phase-wise relaxation that we have been doing for different districts,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, officials mentioned vaccination wouldn’t be carried out in 11 districts. Though Odisha had been administering an average of 2.5 lakh doses for last few days, on Wednesday no vaccine sessions have been planned in the districts of Angul, Balangir, Balasore, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Koraput and Sonepur.
“It is the responsibility of the central government to provide adequate vaccines. We are vaccinating as many peoples as possible,” mentioned Dr CBK Mohanty, director of medical education and training.
The state government will have to stop vaccination in more districts for two more days as the next allocation of Covishield is expected on July 2.
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