Dhenkanal, Angul ban entry of people from hotspot districts


Bhubaneswar: Dhenkanal district administration has restricted people of several districts from entering into the district to check the spread of coronavirus.

It restricted the entry of people from Ganjam, Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Gajapati, Balasore, Sundergarh and Angul to the district.

A 14-day quarantine is mandatory for people coming from the districts to Dhenkanal.

Angul district authorities also banned entry of people from two COVID-19 hotspot districts — Ganjam and Jajpur.

“If anyone from Ganjam and Jajpur districts comes to this district on some compelling ground, he/she shall be kept in institutional quarantine for a period of 14 days,” the order issued by Angul Collectorate stated.