Odisha Mass Education Minister Samir Dash contracts COVID-19

Bhubaneswar: Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash and his wife Sangita have tested positive for COVID-19, he informed today.

Condition of the couple was stated to be stable. The minister urged those who came in contact with the two during the last seven days to undergo COVID-19 test.

Earlier, 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 tested positive for the virus.