Khaira: An Odisha man, who recently returned to his native village in the state from China, has been running a fever since three days but is refusing to visit the SCB Hospital in Cuttack for COVID-19 screening, thereby raising eyebrows in the village.
According to reports, Jagannath Jena returned to his native village Sojagarh in Balasore district on February 20 from China via Malaysia and Delhi.
He was screened at both Malaysia and Delhi airports and tested negative for COVID-19. However, he caught a fever recently and visited Khaira Hospital and Balasore Hospital for a checkup. The doctors at Balasore advised him to visit SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack but he refused to do so.
“A team from Khaira Hospital went to Jagannath’s home Friday and advised him to go to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for checkup. However, he did not agree to do so,” said Dr. Prabhakar Mishra, the medical officer in-charge of Khaira PHC.
Villagers are scared that the COVID suspect may spread the illness across the village.
Jammu: An all-round show by Sri Lankan Dilshan Munaweera was not enough for Konark Suryas…
Bhubaneswar: Rohit Patro, a first-year student from the Mathematics department of Central University of Odisha (CUO),…
Bhubaneswar: Durga Puja or Dussehra festival that is celebrated across Odisha has come a long…
New Delhi: Reliance India Limited (RIL) got undue favour courtesy Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA’s) “faulty” sponsorship…
Jajpur: Police have arrested a 60-year-old man for allegedly raping a minor girl in Odisha's…
New Delhi: A day before the first anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack, several rockets were…
Cuttack: Two persons allegedly slit the throat of an auto-rickshaw driver following a dispute over…
New Delhi: Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk and his supporters launched an indefinite hunger strike at Ladakh…