Bhubaneswar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with chief ministers via video conference on Monday morning on the way ahead in the fight against the novel corona virus, amid indications that the discussions could also focus on a graded exit from the ongoing lockdown.
Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Pattnaik gives away a proposal to extend the LockDown period in State. State would like to make some relaxations and issue some fresh Guidelines that would be strictly followed by the statesmen.
Till Date the Active cases in Odisha have doubled from 36 to 72 btwn Apr 18 to Apr 26. Post-Shutdown positive cases in Bhubaneswar witnessed a spike due to aggressive contact tracing. Same being witnessed now Balasore, Jajpur & Bhadrak districts.
Zero number of positive cases in Bhubaneswar lasts till 12 days. So the rest of the districts to continue doing the same and LockDown is the only way to minimize the number of Positive cases in state.