As many as 10 persons, who were out on morning walk at the MKCG Medical College Hospital ground here violating the COVID-19 advisory were penalisd by officials of the Ganjam Sub-Collector’s office on Saturday.
Later, the officials sent all of them to institutional quarantine as punishment. After a while, they were released on an undertaking mentioning not to violate the rules in future.
Notably, during an epidemic the Government can control the events organised by the public, individuals and groups, in order to contain it. The violation of regulation or rules is punishable with imprisonment or fine.
In the last 24 hours, 19 persons were arrested and eight cases registered in the city for violation of norms of the partial shutdown in the district. Besides, 238 litre of liquor were seized during the period, said Brahampur SP Pinak Mishra.