Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Odisha government allowed the reopening of medical colleges and other institutions of teaching including Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy, Public Health and other Paramedical/Allied medical science courses have been permitted to reopen with strict adherence to coronavirus protocols.
According to the reports, the Odisha Government released SOPs while Additional Chief Secretary PK Mohapatra wrote a letter to the DMET, Odisha, and laid down the guidelines.
The report further stated that the decision to reopen these institutions came on the day as 1,703 more people tested positive for the COVID-19 infection, taking the caseload to 9,72,517.
