Mayurbhanj, the largest among the State’s northern districts, continues to stay unaffected by the Covid-19 impact. While the administration here remains alert, not a single case has been detected corona positive till date.
After the outbreak of the global pandemic, at least 98 people have returned to Mayurbhanj from foreign returnees and have been duly quarantined. Now, they have completed their quarantine periods and none of them is found to be corona-affected.
The number of returnees to the district from other States of the country stands at 12,134, all of whom were quarantined. While 11, 676 out of them have already completed their quarantine period, only 458 returnees’ quarantine is still in progress. None of these quarantined persons has shown any corona symptoms so far.
All the samples collected and tested so far have proved corona-negative. In all, 317 swab samples were collected in the district. Out of these, results of 222 samples have already been received and all of these have tested negative for the virus. Results of 95 samples are still awaited.
However, the administration continues to maintain strict vigil and is busy enforcing the lockdown norms so that the pandemic can be successfully kept away from here, said Mayurbhanj Collector Vineet Bharadwaj. “The next 10-12 days are crucially important for all of us and people’s cooperation is also very important in this respect,” he added.