Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday advised people to adhere strictly on the safety guidelines to avoid tough situations like lockdown as the experts predict the second coronawave. A slight deviation in the implementation of the guidelines invites the hard measures like lockdown which should be avoided.

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A high-level meeting held in Odisha reviewed the pandemic situation and the Chief Minister said, “With experts predicting a second coronavirus wave after second week of December, we have to be extremely careful and continue to follow all Covid-19 safety protocols like maintaining social distance, wearing mask and hand washing to fight the infection.” CM has expressed satisfaction over the declining cases of coronavirus across the State, and he said, “We have to take lessons from Kerala and Delhi and act accordingly, to avoid surge in positive cases". 

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CM thanked the people of the State for maintaining discipline and cooperating with the administration and law enforcing authorities during Durga puja, and he requested them to show similar restraint during Diwali festival as Delhi and Kerala suffered lot for violating the rules. Few patients after recovery from Covid infection show critical health conditions. To combat this issue the Chief Minister directed the Health and family Welfare department to prepare a protocol for treatment of such patients. Doctors and health workers should be properly trained to deal with post recovery complications. 

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