Another Odisha MLA tests COVID positive

Cuttack: After Nilagiri MLA Sukanta Kumar Nayak, Salepur legislator Prasant Behera has also tested positive for COVID-19, reports said.

This apart, Behera’s PSO and driver have also contracted the virus. The local administration has initiated contact tracing in this connection as MLA Behera had attended multiple programmes in the area along with his supporters, recently.

The MLA, his PSO and driver have been shifted to a COVID hospital in Cuttack for treatment.

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