64 students in Odisha’s Rayagada district tests COVID-19 +ve

At least 64 students in Odisha’s Rayagada district have tested positive for Covid. Currently, all the infected students are asymptomatic and are in home isolation.

As per reports, 257 inmates of Anwesha Hostel at Kotlaguda were made to undergo RT-PCR test by the rapid response team of the Health Department on May 4. Among them, 44 tested positive for Covid.

Similarly, another 20 students were found to have contracted the virus in the Bismam Katak block of



the same district. The Covid positive students belonged to Hatamuniguda Government High School.

On being informed, Rayagada District Welfare Officer Ashok Kumar Satpathy rushed to the hostel to take stock of the situation.

All precautionary measures are being taken by the authorities to prevent further spread of the virus.

Students studying in eight English medium schools of Rayagada reside in this hostel, Hostel matron Namita Samal said.