Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: As many as 31 persons of the National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar have tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. With rapid surge in Covid-19 cases, the Khordha District Administration has declared the college and its vicinity as a containment zone.
All of them have been kept in isolation inside the college hostel following the detection of 31 Covid cases. The contact tracing of Covid positives and the sanitization process of the college premises have been initiated.
All the Covid positives were suffering from mild symptoms and their health condition is said to be stable. The Covid positives have been asked not to move out of the declared micro containment zone and nobody else will be allowed to enter into the zone.