In view of two COVID-19 positive cases found on a single day in Sundargarh district and such cases rising in the country, the demand for a testing centre for the deadly virus has mounted in the district.
While the two cases were reported from the Bisra area, reports of 12 samples have not yet reached. It cannot be said if more samples would not be sent for testing.
"If a testing will come up in Sundargarh district, people in the entire western Odisha will benefit," viewed many.
According to sources, a total number of 188 swab samples from Sundargarh district had been sent to the Regional Medical Research Center (RMRC), Bhubaneswar by Saturday out of which 174 samples were found negative and two positive. The reports of the rest 12 samples are awaited.
The two positives are now in quarantine in the Rourkela COVID hospital, said CDMO SK Mishra.
Sources said, although the samples were sent on April 2, the reports received after nine days on April 11. The delay was due to the rush in the RMRC lab and other two testing centres.
According to sources, efforts have been initiated by the Sundargarh district administration to open a testing centre at the Ispat General Hospital (IGH), Rourkela.