With six fresh cases of Covid-19 reported from Jajpur district, the authorities on Sunday declared five blocks and the Jajpur Municipality as containment zones.
Jajpur block, Dasharathpur block, Binjharpur block, Korei block, Bari block and Jajpur Municipality have been declared as containment zones, said Collector Ranjan Kumar Das in a statement.
“During the containment order in these areas from 12 noon on April 27 to 6 PM on April 29, restrictions will be similar to that of the shutdown. Business establishments will be shut during the period. However, medicine shops will be allowed to remain open,” said the Collector.
Earlier in the day, the district administration enforced restrictions in Katikata village, Bihipur village in Katikata GP, Mohanty Patna village and Mallikapur (Part) in Mallikapur GP under Dasarathpur block to contain possible spread of coronavirus.
“All the inhabitants within the containment zones should strictly remain in home. All the shopping establishments of whatsoever nature would continue to remain closed. The supply of essential commodities and medical requirements would be ensured through various teams formed by the district administration,” stated an order by the Collector.
In a related development, several places in the Nala Road area of Rourkela city were sealed and declared as containment zone on the day, when a person of the locality tested positive for COVID-19.
The Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) would carry out active contact tracing in the area. Public have been restricted from entering into and going out of the containment zone, an official order of the RMC said.
Following the detection of seven more cases of COVID-19 in Baleswar district, the authorities on Sunday extended the containment zone order in the Niliabag area under the Baleswar Municipality for another seven days.
“In larger public interest and with a view to contain the spread of COVID-19, the administration directed the containment in Niliabag area will continue for seven days effective from April 25 midnight till May 2 midnight,” an order issued by Baleswar Collector K Sudarshan Chakravarthy stated.
However, shutdown restrictions imposed by the State Government in Baleswar, Bhadrak and Jajpur districts for COVID-19 containment were lifted on the day.
But the lockdown guidelines and restrictions in containment zones of the districts would prevail. Notably, as many as 44 COVID-19 cases have been reported from the three districts so far.
The Government had taken the decision of imposing a 60-hour shutdown in the three districts for containment of the virus spread. Contact tracing and collection of swab samples of West Bengal returnees were carried out in the region during the shutdown period on a war-footing.