As many as six persons, including Anganwadi and ASHA Workers and staffs engaged in two Temporary Medical Camps (TMCs) in Kendrapada district tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday.
A total of 18 cases were reported in the district on the day, of which six were detected from the two TMCs at Marsaghai High School and the Penthapal cyclone shelter, said district Collector Samarth Verma.
“Out of six, two are TMC staffs. We had collected their swab samples as they were exposed to the quarantinees. They were found positive for Covid-19 and they are asymptomatic. Along with them, an Anganwadi worker, an ASHA Worker and volunteers working at Marsaghai High School TMC and cyclone shelter at Penthapal also tested positive. All of them have been shifted to the Covid Hospital,” said Verma.
Among the 18 cases, 12 are Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal returnees. They were lodged in the TMCs. The quarantinees have been shifted to the Covid Hospital after their test results came out positive, he added.
The two places Marsaghai and Penthapal, where the cases were detected, have been decalred as containment zones in the district.
“Around 400 families including 300 households in Marsaghai High School TMC area and 80 households at Dandi Sahi cyclone shelter in Penthapal will be under containment.” he said.
The first round of active surveillance and individual household checking has been completed. Not a single person has shown any symptoms so far. The containment restrictions will be lifted if nobody will develop the symptoms in second round of surveillance,” Verma added.