Sambalpur: In view of the rise in COVID-19 cases, Sambalpur district administration on Thursday declared a two-day weekend shutdown in the entire district which is to be implemented on July 11 and 12.
Reportedly, two local contact cases of COVID-19 were detected in Burla today out of which two are contacts of an earlier positive case and the third is an Odisha Fire Services personnel who had gone to West Bengal on Amphan duty.
During the shutdown, intradistrict movement of public and private transportation; the opening of shops and business establishments; government and private institutions; and movement or assembly of people have been restricted while emergency services shall be allowed.