Top Odisha Health Official On COVID19 3rd Wave Possibility

Amidst the threat of the new Covid-19 variant ‘Omicron’, the Odisha Public Health Director, Niranjan Mishra on Saturday (Dec 18), warned regarding the definite possibility of a third wave in the state.  Amidst the threat of the new Covid-19 variant ‘Omicron’, the Odisha Public Health Director, Niranjan Mishra on Saturday (Dec 18), warned regarding the definite possibility of a third wave in the state.

Citing the spread of the new virus variant in the UK, the top health official informed that the state is prepared to deal with any untoward situation. Meanwhile, Mishra informed that the state government has currently increased the surveillance process and ramped up genome sequencing of Covid-19 positive samples in the state.

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