SDPO, IIC among 22 people who test positive in Ganjam

BERHAMPUR: Altogether 11 Covid-19 warriors were among the 22 people who have tested positive in Ganjam district in the past 24 hours ending Saturday afternoon, tweeted collector (Ganjam) Vijay Amruta Kulange.
The frontline workers who tested positive include two senior police officers, official sources said. They are the sub-divisional officer (Chhatrapur) and inspector in-charge, Chhatrapur police station, said SP (Ganjam) Brijesh Rai.
“Although both show no symptoms, as per protocol they have been placed under home quarantine. Steps are being taken to trace their contact details,” he said.
With them, at least five police personnel have tested positive. Earlier, two homeguards and a jawan of Odisha Special Striking Force (OSSF) had tested positive.
After being cured, the homeguards have been discharged from the Covid hospital at Sitalapalli, sources said. The Covid warriors were infected due to active contact with positive persons, sources said.
The nine other infected persons are locals. Four are from Chhatrapur, two from Patrapur and one each from Aska, Bhanjanagar and Chikiti, sources added. Two persons have been detected from institutional and home quarantine in Buguda and Patrapur.