Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government, which has seen taking extra ordinary steps to curb the spreading of deadly Coronavirus, once again took a bold step to put stickers in houses of home quarantine people for stricter community monitoring.
There are around 3,600 such persons who returned to Odisha from abroad.
“For community monitoring of quarantined homes, it has been decided to put up stickers outside the homes of people who have been placed under quarantine. People who have completed their quarantine, will not be covered,” said State Government’s Chief Spokesperson on COVID-19 Surboto Bagchi.
The stickers will mention the duration of Home Quarantine, the details of the house and the family too.
“Maintaining a strict vigil on these houses, workers of IDSP Cell should also monitor will monitor these cases, added Bagchi.
“It is mandated that no media/press is allowed near the house and no one is allowed to cover any such case in press/media or no one should give personal details of persons quarantined in public domain,” said a Government notification.
The availability of essential commodities for these households will be handled locally by the district administration.
Cases referred by any source – 104 Helpline, IDSP Cell, etc will be covered as long as they have been directed by competent authorities for Home Quarantine.
Secretary, Information and Public Relations, Sanjay Singh was also present in the press conference which is going on in daily basis.