Odisha district reported only four fresh infections on Friday and has 106 active cases. It has registered 32 coronavirus fatalities to date.
Mohanty said that the travel history of the patient is yet to be ascertained. "The person must have come in contact with some other patient carrying the Delta Plus variant," he said. "We will undertake contract tracing and keep the patient isolated to prevent the infection from spreading," Mohanty said.
Noting that the state administration will apply its time-tested Covid management formula of testing, treatment and vaccination also for Delta Plus variant, he said that both Covaxin and Covishield are quite effective also against this variant.