Bhubaneswar, April 8 -- Bhubaneswar: With COVD-19 positive cases continuing to show an increasing trend, the Odisha government shifted its focus on the people coming from other States and made RT-PCR negative report mandatory for them, apart from a string of other measures.

The government today directed the collectors of 16 districts in the state to set up Temporary Medical Centres (TMCs) to provide quarantine facilities to people coming from other States.

"Collectors of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Balangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nawrangpur, Koraput, Malkangiri, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Balasore are authorised to set up and operationalise Temporary Medical Centres (TMCs)/ Cluster Temporary Medic...