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1st COVID19 case in Odisha

The person had returned from Italy on 6 March and stayed in Delhi till he travelled by train to Bhubaneswar and arrive here on 13 March.

SNS | Bhubaneswar | March 16, 2020 6:55 pm

1st COVID19 case in Odisha

Union Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan chairs a high level meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss emerging International & National situation of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and to take appropriate measures, in New Delhi on March 16, 2020. Also seen Union Ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Hardeep Singh Puri, S. Jaishankar and Nityanand Rai. (Photo: IANS/PIB)

Odisha reported the first COVID 19 case here on Sunday with the person having a travel history.

The person had returned from Italy on 6 March and stayed in Delhi till he travelled by train to Bhubaneswar and arrive here on 13 March.

He had a cold and cough and went to a local doctor who reported the case to Capital Hospital where he was put in the isolation ward. His swap test reports confirmed COVID 19.

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The government has put his family members in home isolation and is trying to identify others who were in contact with him including his co-passengers on the train from Delhi.

He is the first positive case while 21 others who were put on isolation have tested negative said officials.

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