Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government announced about a series of restrictions that are to be abided in the State to contain the spread of Coronavirus. Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra announced during a presser on Thursday.
Marriage gathering shall be allowed with a ceiling of 50 persons while in funeral functions/ last rite ceremonies 20 persons shall be allowed. This will be enforced with effect from April 19.
Further, it was announced that no marriage procession shall be allowed.
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Also, wearing of masks, maintaining social distancing and provision of thermal scanning and use of hand wash or sanitizer shall be mandatory during these functions.
The host of the marriage/ funeral function shall make necessary arrangement for checking at the entry point and ensure wearin of mask by the guests/ others during the entire duration of their participation. Host shall make arrangement to provide masks to those who have not come with appropriate masks.
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