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Odisha Govt Asks Kumbh Mela Participants To Undergo RT-PCR Test Before Homecoming

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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha authorities on Saturday directed all those that participated in Uttar Pradesh Kumbh Mela to endure RT-PCR Covid-19 take a look at earlier than returning to the State.
The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has shared with Collectors and Municipal Commissioners the listing of individuals who’ve registered with Uttarakhand Government for collaborating in Kumbh Mela.
The SRC has requested the officers to contact all these individuals and discover out the situation, journey plan and advise them to get them RT-PCR examined earlier than boarding prepare/ flight to Odisha.
“All such persons must be personally tracked, their health condition monitored. All of them shall be directed to quarantine them for 14 days at home or in Cluster TMCs. They must be compulsorily RT-PCR tested. If Covid like symptoms are noticed, they should be immediately attended to,” the SRC stated.
He additional stated ASHA and Anganwadi staff should go to them often in residence /CTMCs and monitor their well being circumstances.
All such individuals must be suggested to voluntarily self-isolate them and report back to BDO/ Municipal/ NAC officers/ PHC/ CHC involved about their situation.
They shall additional strictly adjust to adherence of Covid protocols. Collectors and Municipal Commissioners shall report back to Health division and SRC workplace on this subject each day.
Swami Avdheshanand Giri at this time introduced an early finish to the month-long mega competition for Juna Akhara hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed that the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar “should only be symbolic” amid an unprecedented improve in coronavirus circumstances throughout the nation.
(Edited By Suryakant Jena)