ISRO Imposes Lockdown In Sriharikota After New Covid-19 Cases

On the 20th of July, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) imposed lockdown at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (Sriharikota) Housing colonies.

The ISRO took the decision after fresh cases of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 in the area.

In regard to this, the lockdown has been imposed and a statement was issued.

The issued statement read, "the centre will function with minimum essential/skeletal staff with immediate effect and until further orders, to avoid further transmissions and to complete contact tracing of primary and secondary contacts of detected cases. "

A. Dhanalakshmamma, Senior Administrative Officer, "SDSC Shar will only function with minimum essential/skeletal staff with immediate effect and until further orders, to avoid further transmissions and enable to complete the contact tracing of primary and secondary contacts of the detected COVID-19 cases. The entity chiefs in consultation with the Director, SDSC Shar will decide the essential/critical activities of respective entities and accordingly staff may be deployed for attending the duties. All the employees except essential services shall work from home and should be available on telephone and electronic means of communication at all times and shall attend duties on requirement."

The workers at the centre would be given work from home and would be available at mails and

Telephone during their duty hours.

The orders were imposed for immediately on the 20th of July, until further notice.

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