Migrants without RTPCR negative reports register their names at Bhubaneswar Railway Station on their arrival, as coronavirus cases surge in Bhubaneswar.Photo)(
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government on Thursday announced mandatory 14-day institutional or paid quarantine for people coming to the coastal state from West Bengal.
An order issued by chief secretary S C Mohapatra said, the number of Covid-19 positive cases was showing an increasing trend in some districts of Odisha following the reported detection of a triple mutant variant of Covid-19 among many people in West Bengal and other states. Passengers from West Bengal without RT-PCR negative report or 2-dose vaccination certificate will be sent to institutional quarantine or paid quarantine centres. The passengers include those coming through flights, trains, buses or any other mode of transport, Mohapatra said.