The Odisha government has committed Rs 200 crore to its Public Health Response Fund to contain the spread of coronavirus outbreak which has been declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation.
Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik in a statement to the state assembly informed that his Cabinet met this morning and declared COVID-19 as a disaster for the state under the provisions of Disaster Management Act, 2005.
“An empowered group of ministers has been constituted and a committee of secretaries under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary is to be constituted to evaluate the emerging situation and take