Bhubaneswar: Odisha IAS officer R Vileen Krishna has gone for home quarantine after returning from a US trip.

Vileen Krisna, in a video release, said though he has no symptoms of the viral attack he has gone for home quarantine as per the government procedures. He has stated that immediately after landing at Bhubaneswar he had registered his name in the Odisha government COVID-19 portal as foreign returnees.

A 2005-batch IAS officer Vileen Krishna is the managing director of OMC and also the sports director.

Puri Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb too has gone for voluntary quarantine along with his family members after returning from a US tour.

A total of 1239 persons registered with the government either through the toll free number or COVID-19 portal with in 24 hours of opening the portal.