District Collector Jyoti Ranjan Pradhan imposed a three-day shutdown of the office on Friday after an employee tested positive for Covid-19.
The shutdown will be in effect August 30, informed district information and public relations officer (DIPRO) Kalyani Dash.
During the three-day shutdown, a fire brigade team will disinfect the office premises. Employees who had come in contact with the infected have been asked to undergo home quarantine for 14 days.
During their home quarantine period they will also undergo tests. Notably, with 152 fresh Covid-19 cases detected in Bargarh in the last 24 hours, the district’s tally reached 1,797. Out of them the number of active cases stands at 850. These patients are being treated at different Covid-19 hospitals in the district. So far, 939 persons have recovered while the death toll in the district stands at eight.