Panic struck villagers of seaside Bengali-dominated Pitapata village under the Jamboo marine police station in Kendrapada district as five Bangladeshi nationals, including a minor child, have been staying at a fellow villager’s house and roaming freely in the locality without going for home isolations required to stop spreading novel coronavirus as per Government guidelines.
The coronavirus might have spread from these foreigners as they moved several places before reaching here and have not taken any precautionary measures, alleged locals. They informed it to the Jamboo marine police, who later rushed to the spot for conducting inquiry .
Two of the five Bangladeshi nationals were brought to police station for their visa and passport verification.
The most important thing is neither their names have been registered through 104 helpline nor in online portal.
“I have asked the Bangladeshi nationals and their local relative Sripada Mandal to register their names online and to inform the Health Department to take steps for home isolation,” said IIC of Marine PS Ram Kumar Murmu.