No entry to BMC office in Odisha capital as over 20 staff test COVID-19 positive

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Jan 13, 2022 at 2:06 PM

Bhubaneswar: Entry to office of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) was restricted here for public as over 20 staff tested positive for COVID-19.

As many as 20 BMC employees have tested positive for COVID-19, an official source said today.

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Following detection of COVID cases on premises of the BMC office, the restriction on public entry to the building has been imposed. Other employees of BMC have undergone RT-PCR test today and the office will be sanitised to contain further spread of infection, he said.

The State today registered a huge spike in daily COVID cases breaching 10,000-mark for the first time nearly after 8 months. Of 10,059 cases, Khordha district reported the highest of 3,188 followed by Sundargarh district with 1,348 and Cuttack district with 870 cases in last 24 hours.

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