NDRF man tests COVID positive after return from cyclone-hit Bengal, 173 being tested
With detection of the case, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) authorities have ordered testing of all 173 men who were deployed in the neighbouring state on post-cyclone duty, they said.
Six personnel showed coronavirus-like symptoms after returning from West Bengal on June 3, and they were rushed to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for examination, a senior officer of the NDRF's 3rd Battalion told .
One of them tested positive for the COVID-19 and admitted to Ashwini Hospital in Cuttack, he said.
All the personnel who returned from West Bengal after restoration work have been lodged in a three-storied building, which has been contained, in the NDRF campus at Mundali near Cuttack.
All the personnel will remain in the building till their swab sample examination is completed. None of them have any symptoms of COVID-19, the officer said.