By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, May 16, 2021: Odisha government on Sunday banned indoor and outdoor film and television serial related shooting in the state in view of an intensifying COVID-19 situation in the state.

The state government had earlier allowed to work after taking permission from the administration.

Incidentally, the state is under a lockdown till May 19 in order to check the spread of the infection.

On Saturday, the Odisha government constituted a high-level advisory committee led by K Srinath Reddy, president, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) to suggest measures to tackle the possible third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and to strategise the vaccination drive in the state.

At present, Odisha has 95,743 active coronavirus cases.