Bhubaneswar: As many as 38 Covid cases have been identified in the state. Out of 755 samples tested till date 38 samples were found to be positive of which 9 people have recovered. With this the number of active cases are 29. Odisha government has taken a number of steps for the Covid management in the state. The Union Health department has urged all the states to take necessary steps for the same. The oxygen cylinders, isolation beds, ventilators and medicines will be provided to the states. The state and district surveillance units are closing monitoring the conditions for influenza, ILI and Severe acute respiratory illness (SARI). All the SARI cases and 50 % of ILI cases will be tested as per the instructions of the government. All the positive SARI samples will be sent for genome sequencing. On the other hand, the people have been asked not to visit the chariot pulling scene. The people suffering from cold and flu, aged people or people with co-morbidities have been barred from attending the Rath Yatra chariot pulling.
38 Covid cases in Bhubaneswar, genome sequencing of all positive samples to be done
