Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) has been imposed in Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal, Bhadrak, and Mayurbhanj districts in view of COVID-19 in Odisha.The state reported its first case on Sunday, a student who returned from Italy tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, World Health Organization (WHO) reported 1,67,515 confirmed cases of deadly coronavirus and 6606 deaths globally so far.
(Published 18 March 2020, 06:45 IST)
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