{"id":230219,"date":"2020-05-29T15:08:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T09:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=230219"},"modified":"2023-10-03T17:21:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:51:37","slug":"ori-hc-identity-of-covid-19-patients-should-not-be-disclosed-either-in-intra-departmental-communication-or-any-media-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/29\/ori-hc-identity-of-covid-19-patients-should-not-be-disclosed-either-in-intra-departmental-communication-or-any-media-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Ori HC | Identity of COVID-19 patients should not be disclosed either in intra-departmental communication or any media platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Orissa High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>A Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq, CJ and Dr B.R. Sarangi, J. addressed a Public Interest Litigation wherein the concern with regard to publicising the identity of COVID-19 positive persons was recorded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petitioner while preferring the PIL alleged that several cases had been reported in the State of Orissa wherein the identity of the COVID-19 Positive persons who are under treatment or under quarantine had been publicized in intra-departmental communications and various media platforms including social media, which is contrary to the Government advisory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench on perusal of the above issued notice to the opposite parties.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Identity of COVID-19 positive persons<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Court directed the respondents to ensure that identity of COVID-19 positive persons, admitted to COVID centres- any Government Hospital\/private hospital or any quarantine centre should not be disclosed <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">either in any intra-departmental communication or in any media platform including social media.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advocate General assured the Court that necessary steps shall be taken in respect to the Government guidelines and the order of this Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matter to be listed on 4th June, 2020.[Ananga Kumar Otta v. 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