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.
Odisha makes 14-day institutional or paid quarantine mandatory for all West Bengal returnees
Person who has been successfully vaccinated and produces a certificate or tests negative in RT-PCR test within 48 hours of entering Odisha, may be allowed home quarantine for 14 days.
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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.