Biramitrapur MLA Shankar Oram tests COVID positive

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Sep 18, 2020 at 10:38 PM Updated On : Sep 18, 2020 at 10:44 PM

Bhubaneswar: Biramitrapur MLA Shankar Oram has tested positive for COVID-19, the legislator informed today.

“I underwent COVID-19 test today following illness. I have tested positive for the virus,” said Oram. His condition was stated to be stable. Doctor has advised him to be under quarantine for 17 days.

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He urged those who came in contact with him during the last seven days to undergo COVID-19 test.

Earlier, several MLAs including Aditya Madhi (Malkangiri), Susant Rout (Bhubaneswar-north), Ananta Narayan Jena (Bhubaneswar-central), Bikram Panda (Berhampur), Byomakesh Ray (Chandbali), Soumya Ranjan Patnaik (Khandapada) and Pradeep Maharathy (Pipili) had tested positive for COVID-19.

Besides, School & Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain, Women and Child Development (WCD) and Mission Shakti Minister Tukuni Sahu, Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Minister Padmini Dian, Higher Education and Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo and Rural Development and Labour Minister Susanta Singh had also contracted the virus.