COVID-19: 5T Secy Asks All Collectors, SPs to Trace and Test Nizzamudin Markaz Returnees

Bhubaneswar: 5T Secretary VK Pandian today urged all district Collectors and SPs to take prompt actions to trace and test Nizzamudin Markaz returnees to Odisha to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a message to the Collectors and SPs, the 5T Secretary said that tracing Nizzamudin Markaz returnees have become a challenge for the state and the country.

The Chief Minister has made an earnest appeal to all the returnees to call 104 and take medical guidance and come forward for testing. The State will give full protection for those who come forward for testing and take care of them and their families, Pandian said.

“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”, he stated.

“Collectors and SPs may request religious leaders in their areas to make repeated appeals and motivate returnees to come forward”, the 5T Secretary appealed.
He also urged the administration and police to use all their channels to identify, give confidence and test returnees.

Health and 104 will be scaled 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, he said.