Jharsuguda: A five-year-old boy from Mangal Bazar in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district has been tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Friday evening.
In a tweet, the District Magistrate appealed the people not to be panicked for the fresh positive case adding that the entire family of the affected child has been in Home quarantine since their return from outside the state.
A five year old boy from Mangal Bazar, Jharsuguda has been tested COVID positive. There is nothing to be panicked about. The entire family have been in Home quarantine since their return from outside the state. There is constant monitoring over their health conditions. pic.twitter.com/SC37FE5YSb
— DM_Jharsuguda (@dm_jharsuguda) May 22, 2020
Earlier two persons from the district were tested positive for COVID-19. However, they have been completely cured from the deadly infection and discharged from the designated COVID hospital post treatment.