The family went to the village after remaining in institutional quarantine: official (representation)
Bhubaneswar:
A family of three is described as a “COVID-19” super spreader in the Rayagada district of Odisha because it is believed to be the cause of infection in 87 people in a village, a senior official said Friday.
The family – a man, his wife and their daughter – had returned to their village, called Bijaypur, of Andhra Pradesh a fortnight ago, said government spokesman Odisha COVID-19, Subroto Bagchi.
They went to the village after remaining in institutional quarantine and were informed of the quarantine at home, he said.
During their home quarantine, family members allegedly failed to meet prescribed standards and contacted several people in the village, said Bagchi, noting that even one HIV-positive person, although as asymptomatic, can transmit the disease to many people. other.
The three family members were first tested positive for COVID-19, and during the contact search, 13 villagers were also tested positive for the deadly virus, said Rayagada district collector Pramod Kumar Behera .
74 other villagers have tested positive since Thursday. With that, a total of 90 people – including the three family members – from Bijaypur tested positive, he said.
The tribal-dominated district has so far detected 115 cases, of which 22 patients have recovered. Currently, 93 cases are admitted to JK Pur’s COVID-19 hospital and another dedicated facility in Gunupur.
Bijaypur is a village where the highest number of 90 cases of COVID-19 has been detected in the state so far.
