COVID-19 pandemic in Odisha

[3] Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has partnered with 28 stores to ensure supplies are distributed to residents in the city in the midst of a lockdown.

[4] Rourkela Municipal Corporation collaborated with different NGOs to deliver thousands of cooked food packets to the needy and destitute persons in the city.

[5][6] As per Deccan Herald, Chief Secretary A K Tripathy issued directions to Information and Public Relation, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water, Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti Departments to intensify IEC (Information, Education and Communication) activities with the active involvement of the community.

[7] Due to COVID-19, economic activities in rural areas have been hit hard with rabi crops being completely ruined.

Additionally, activities to introduce more labor-intensive programs in different sector have been initiated by Departments of Water Resources, Rural Development, Works and Forest and Environment.

[8] One of the major revenue for Odisha comes from excise duty and with liquor shops being closed, a loss of around 1500 crore is to be expected.

[10] In Odisha, commissioner-cum-secretary, Saswat Mishra, advised the Vice chancellors of all the universities to shift to online classes and vacate the hostel premises.

[12] In April 2020, the state government along with UNICEF provided a fun-filled calendar list of events to keep more than 16 lakh children involved in a positive way during lockdown.

The program emphasizes reaching out to parents to keep their kids actively engaged through action songs, dance, painting and storytelling based on the month's prescribed theme.