Fourth case of Covid-19 reported in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, March 31: The fourth case of Covid-19 was today reported from Bhadrak district with a 29-yaer-old tested positive for the virus. The information was shared by the Health and Family Welfare Department on its twitter handle. As per information, the youth had a travel history to Dubai.    Officials said that the positive sample was tested at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar. wp:core-embed/twitter {"url":"https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1245032124127645698","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","className":""} https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1245032124127645698 /wp:core-embed/twitter State Health secretary Nikunja Bihari Dhal had a conversation with the Bhadrak collector and has asked him to shift the patient to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Dhal has also asked the district collector to isolate the close contacts of the youth and get them tested and trace all contacts as soon as possible. Managing Director of National Health Mission is monitoring the follow-up action.“The fourth Covid-19 patient did not have any symptoms. Hence people with travel history but no symptoms should not be complacent. They must follow home quarantine for two weeks and then self monitor their health condition for another two weeks,” said a health department official.