The district has geared up to erect hospital and bed facilities dedicated to COVID-19 patients.
The district administration , following suggestion of former MP RK Jena while created a facility of 200 beds in the NOCCI business centre at Somnathpur, further it has stepped up efforts to provide more beds and facilities at several other viable places.
Efforts are on to create a facility of 50 beds at the Jyothi Hospital, at Kuruda and soon it would be materialised, said a senior officer of the district.
Further, to accommodate COVID-19 patients, 100 each bed facility is created at Model School at Remuna and New hostel Commerce block of FM College, said official sources.
Fortunately, the district, which shares border with West Bengal, has not reported any positive case so far although about 100 samples were sent to the labs. The border patches sharing Bengal is completely sealed and a high degree of surveillance is made.
District Collector K Sudarshan Chakravarthy informed that 360 makeshift Covid treatment centres have been opened in 360 GPs across the district providing 9,663 beds .
Similarly, in four urban local bodies (ULB), including Baleswar, Jaleswar, Soro and Nilgiri, 4 makeshift centres with 337 beds have been created.