<span style="color: #222222;">Odisha government has allowed further relaxation in the lockdown norms.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Briefing the press this afternoon, Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, chief secretary of state said that the partial lockdown will be extended beyond tomorrow till the morning of 16th July.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, for the purpose of lockdown relaxation the Odisha Government has identified 20 districts as category A with a test positivity rate below 5% and ten districts, mostly coastal, as category B, having a positivity beyond 5 percent.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">While all the shops excluding certain categories like malls and spa can now open in category A districts  from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., 7 days a week, shops in the category B districts will have to down their shutters at 2:00 p.m. on weekdays. They will also face weekend shutdown as before.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">However, the entire state will continue to be under night curfew between 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Odisha has been either in full or partial lockdown mode since the 5th of May last with multiple extensions, this time till the 16th of next month.</span><br />