A review meeting was held on the Covid-19 situation in Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday chaired by Collector SK Mohapatra. The CDMO, Public Health Officer, epidemiologists, doctors, paramedical staff and civil officials joined. It was revealed that a 90-per cent of household survey for detection of Covid-19 suspects had been over. Out of the 2,53,537 households, tentatively 2,28,690 families had been inspected by the health workers and enumerators in the district and the rest
10 per cent survey would be completed within a week.
It was told that the district was not heading to local spreading of infection till date. Only migrant returnees had created infection. It was further informed that 13,024 swabs were collected from corona suspects and tested and 628 cases were reported positive and the patients had been shifted to different Covid Hospitals. As many as 459 patients have recovered and 167 are undergoing treatment. The causality figure is two. Also, a few cases were detected in Paradip last week. About 1,200 professionals, technicians and labourers had been asked to stop working at the IOCL units. These people are from outside Odisha and their swab tests have been taken.
Meanwhile, the IOCL and the IFFCO have launched their Covid care homes.