The Odisha government on Sunday expressed concern that the district level surveillance teams have failed to contact a total of 2,856 persons who had returned to the State from abroad during the past 14 days. This task has to be carried out by Collectors and Municipal Commissioners,” State Health Secretary Nikunja B. Dhal said in a letter. Emphasising on active surveillance of people who have returned from COVID-19 affected areas abroad, Mr. Dhal said that those persons could infect others unless home quarantined. 3 positive casesOn the other hand, the number of positive COVID-19 patients remained three in the State. While the first two patients had returned from abroad, the third person had visited Delhi and Haryana and returned to Bhubaneswar by flight earlier this month.

Source: The Hindu March 29, 2020 17:48 UTC