TNI Bureau:  In the wake of a nationwide alert over the new and highly infectious coronavirus strain, Odisha Government on Thursday asked all District collectors for active surveillance of persons returned from UK in the last 14 days.

All those who returned from UK since December 7, have been asked to go for voluntary registration with the State Covid Portal.

In a letter to all District collectors Health secretary PK Mohapatra asked for intense surveillance, contact tracing and RT-PCR test of all incoming passengers from the UK as well as the persons coming in contact with the incoming passengers to prevent the spread of the mutated Coronavirus in the State.

Reports said that around 45 passengers had returned to Odisha from UK between November 25- December 23.