Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Namrata Nag (10) of Larki village, more than 100 km away from Balangir district headquarters, had never expected that she would get infected with Covid-19 as she was always staying at home ever since her school was closed. She developed Covid symptoms and tested positive in midApril. It took nearly five days for the Covid-induced fever to reduce and a fortnight to recover. Later, her teenager brother was diagnosed with the disease and days before his recovery, their parents also tested positive. They are now in home isolation.
Five inmates of a Children Home at Sonepur were found positive for the virus on May 16. Chairperson of Child Welfare Committee Himansu Bhusan Nayak said the children had never come out of the short-stay home for last six months. Two inmates are symptomatic and the remaining three are asymptomatic.