Odisha starts surveillance of UK returnees amid new Covid virus strain scare

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | December 24, 2020 IST

Bhubaneswar, Dec 24: Odisha has asked all returnees from UK since December 7 to go for voluntary registration with the State Covid portal. Health secretary PK Mohapatra has asked concerned collectors for active surveillance of persons returned from UK in the last 14 days. Mohapatra has asked to undertake intense surveillance, contact tracing, RT-PCR test of all incoming passengers from the UK as well as all the persons coming in contact with the incoming passengers to prevent the spread of the mutated Covid virus in the State. Officials said that as many as 61 persons have returned to Odisha from UK since December 7. A UK returnee was tested positive for the deadly virus in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

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