Bhubaneswar: On Thursday the second case of COVID 19 positive found in Odisha. As per updated report he is from Bhubaneswar. He had visited to the United Kingdom, which is also one of the Coronavirus affected countries at present.
As per latest report about the second case, the affected person is a 19 year old male. He had returned from the UK on March 18. He was identified coronavirus affected on March 19 and accordingly kept on isolation. His family members have also been kept in quarantine. He had come in contact with 46 persons. Out of them 43 people have been contacted and kept in isolation. The rest 3 people are yet to be found. However, 8 monitoring teams have been engaged to find the said three persons.
The above information was received from the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, Govt. of Odisha. Odisha Govt’s COVID 19 spokesperson Subroto Bagchi intimated about it in a presser today in Bhubaneswar.
“Today 14 samples were tested at RMRC Bhubaneswar out of which one is positive for COVID2019,” the Department of Health and Family Welfare tweeted little while ago.
H & FW Dept Odisha@HFWOdishaToday 14 samples were tested at RMRC Bhubaneswar out of which one is positive for #COVID2019
This is the second positive case in Odisha.
The second confirmed case has also a travel history to a COVID 19 affected country.
State Surveillance Unit has initiated contact tracing.
Earlier on March 15, the state reported its first coronavirus positive case. The 31-year old coronavirus infected patient has been admitted at the Capital Hospital here. His condition was reportedly stable and improving.
Prasanta Patnaik