State Government is keeping close vigil over changing situations
Bhubaneswar Dt. 22 May, 2025: Responding to media queries, Health and Family Welfare Department’s Secretary Aswathy S. today advised people “not to panic about the sporadic appearance of covid cases in the state of Odisha.
The State Government is keeping strict vigil, and closely monitoring the changing conditions. Government machinery is in all alertness for countering any situation.
Sporadic and singular cases of covid are continuously being detected in various parts of the country since fall down of pandemic’s peak in 2020-21. Since then, the disease is well controlled and contained in Odisha. Rollout of free vaccines, mass vaccination coupled with continued Government efforts reduced the spread and burden of the disease to a great extent in Odisha.
The sporadic cases are continuous phenomena, and those are managed as per the established protocols as and when they arise. As per National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and World Health Organisation ( WHO) indicators, these sporadic cases are of “mild variety of known pre-existing strains”. They do not cause any grave disease. NCDC or WHO have not issued any new additional advisory with regard to sporadic cases. Health department is in all readiness to deal with the cases as and when they are detected, Health Secretary informed.
