Even as the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set up a Covid-19 test centre for screening of passengers, two symptomatic travelers, who arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on Wednesday, have tested positive for the virus. While one of them, who came from Mumbai, has been kept under home isolation, the other has been admitted to the Sum Covid Hospital.
“Two persons tested positive while reports of others are awaited. We are conducting screening of travellers at the airport. If anyone is found with Covid-19 symptoms, he or she will undergo a test,” an official said.
Though the test is not mandatory, those are arriving from the worst-affected States like Kerala and Maharashtra would be subjected to screening, the official added.