Bhubaneswar: 14 returnees from the UK have returned to Odisha, said Pradeep Kumar Mohapatra, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare. “Eight out of 19 reports have been positive,” he said. The four men did not have any new strain symptoms of the Covid virus, the additional chief secretary said. Pradeep Mohapatra told the media that the test report of the person with the positive report had not yet come from Pune. As per the earlier decision, dry runs will be held today at 10 a.m. to 12 noon in 31 places in the state as per the instructions of the Central Government. Dry runs will be carried out at the Capital Hospital, including 30 district main hospitals in the state. It is the responsibility of the central government to send vaccines. “We are fully prepared for this and we will start vaccinating when the vaccine reaches the state,” said Pradeep Mohapatra.
