TRACING NIZZAMUDIN MARKAZ RETURNEES HAS BECOME A CHALLENGE FOR ODISHA (!)
II ODISHABARTA II
BERHAMPUR:Tracing Nizzamudin Markaz returnees has become a challenge for the state.
In a letter Mr VK Panidan,Secretary,5T to CM wrote to all District Collectors’ and SPs that, HCM has made an earnest appeal to all the returnees to call 104 and take medical guidance and come forward for testing.
Odisha Government will give full protection for those who come forward for testing and take care of them and their families.
It’s important that civil, police and health administration work in a focused way at all levels to identify the returnees and motivate them for medical assistance and testing.
Collectors and SPs may request religious leaders in their areas to make repeated appeals and motivate returnees to come forward, he added.
Administration and Police should also use all their channels to identify, give confidence and test returnees. Health and 104 to scale up and be tuned for calls and action to be followed up.
Any delay in this is going to cost dearly for the returnee, their own family and the state. Next 48 hrs is very critical and we will go all out on this.
Odisha has joined the list of states actively looking for those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi’s Nizamuddin, which has emerged as a hotspot of coronavirus transmission.
According to the Health Ministry, around 400 people, including those who attended the event last month and their primary contacts, have tested positive for the deadly virus across the country.
As per reports available so far, 22 persons including seven foreign nationals linked to Nizamuddin event have been traced in Odisha, an official in states Health and Family Welfare Department said, adding that all are now in the government quarantine facility.
