Migrants arrive for their medical test at Suncity before boarding a train to Odisha, in Vasai PTI file pictureA two-day weekend shutdown imposed by the Odisha government in 11 of the 30 districts with high Covid-19 cases commenced on Saturday as part of efforts to flatten the rising corona infection curve. Security was tightened to enforce the complete shutdown of non-essential services on Saturdays and Sundays in the 11 districts - Ganjam, Puri, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Khurda, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore and Bolangir, officials said. The two-day weekend shutdown will continue in the districts till the end of June. Odisha has so far reported 2,781 Covid cases, while 1,604 patients have recovered and eight people have died. Of the 11 districts where weekend shutdown came into force, Ganjam has reported the highest number of 597 Covid cases, followed by Jajpur at 312, Khurda (226), Balasore (190), Cuttack (167), Kendrapara (163), Bhadrak (140), Bolangir (116) and Puri (100).

Source: The Telegraph June 06, 2020 06:33 UTC