3 doctors, 19 health staff quarantined in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) Three doctors and 19 nurses and paramedics have been quarantined in the Jajpur district of Odisha after they came in contact with Covid-19 patients.

Jajpur District Collector Ranjan Kumar Das said, here on Tuesday, the doctors and nurses had come in contact with the Covid-19 positive persons during their visit to hospital’s OPD.

“They had been quarantined at a Covid Care Centre in Jajpur. Their family members have been advised to observe home quarantine,” Das said.

Their swab samples have been collected and sent for test.

Five Covid-19 cases were reported in the Jajpur district on Monday.

–IANS

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