Bhubaneswar: After the detection of two Omicron cases for the first time in Odisha, State Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra said that there is no need to panic.
Contract tracing of both the persons have been done. As many 21 persons, who had come in contact with the positive persons, have been traced out and RTPCR testing is being done, he said.
He said genome sequencing will be conducted for all those who found positive in RTPCR test.
Both the two Omicron positive persons have returned from “non-at-risk” countries and from the very beginning they are under isolation, he said, adding, “both are stable now. One person is asymptomatic while another is having very mild symptoms, he said.
“Since November 21, we are putting all foreign returnees, including those who returned from ‘non-at-risk’ countries under surveillance. So far, around 8,800 people from foreign countries have returned to Odisha, of which around 1,600 are from ‘at-risk’ countries”, he added.