Bhubaneswar, Jan. 8 -- The State Election Commission (SEC) on Saturday held a high-level meeting to discuss the Covid-19 situation in Odisha in view of the forthcoming Panchayat polls in the State.

The meeting was chaired by State Election Commissioner Aditya Prasad Padhi and attended by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Kumar Jena, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Health and Family Welfare Department, Raj Kumar Sharma and other top officials from the Health department.

SEC Aditya Prasad Padhi later addressed a press conference where he said, "The discussion in the review meeting today centred on the safety of the people during the three-tier Panchayat elections. The State Government gav...