Khanduali village under Radhakrushnapur gram panchayat in Athagarh block of Cuttack district has been declared as a containment zone for a week after 16 new Covid-19 positive cases were detected in the village.
The decision was taken after so many persons were found positive for the virus following tests conducted at a temporary camp at the village on Friday.
The district administration decided that the infected persons would be kept in home isolation for treatment.
Testing would be held again at the village after conducting contact tracing of the positive patients, the district administration informed.