The Odisha government has extended all regulations in force for COVID-19 from March 31 to April 15, while offering an incentive of ₹15000 to each person registering with the State on coming from abroad.
Odisha, the first State in the country to undertake this unique initiative, came up with online portal and toll free number 104 urging people to register. These foreign returnees will have to mandatorily give a disclosure about their health status and travel history within 24 hours of arrival.
Meanwhile The Gurgaon administration on Tuesday suggested all multinational firms, IT corporations, industries and company places of work to permit their workers to make money working from home until March 31 amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The advisory comes whilst a 29-year-old lady, who works in an IT agency within the metropolis, on Tuesday examined optimistic for the novel coronavirus, the primary such case in Gurgaon.
Stating that arrival from foreign countries was a major source of infection, the government said the incentive was meant for undergoing home quarantine. The 48-hour window for those who entered Odisha on or after March 4 began from Tuesday morning.
According the government, this will help the State in tracking persons who are already in the State, sensitise them about home isolation and keep a watch on their health for effective monitoring of the situation and medical advice.
The government also threatened legal action against foreign returnees found concealing their health status and travel history soon after the first coronavirus positive case was detected in State.
“We have received information that foreign universities have been shut down. Students and professionals are returning home. The crisis is going to only multiply,” said Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy.
