Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Odisha Government has started preparing for the possibility of the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic so that they can avoid any kind of eventualities, as informed by the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of State Health Department Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra.
According to the report, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of State Health Department Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra informed that the State government is emphasising strengthening medical facilities and ramping up tests to deal with the pandemic.
He further added that some experts have opined about the possible third wave of the pandemic. The Odisha government is fully prepared for the situation. On an urgent basis, Oxygen PSA and liquid Oxygen plants will be set up in all the district headquarters hospitals and medical colleges in the next two and half months. We will also set up more paediatric beds in the hospitals as children may be more vulnerable to the disease.
The State government has also set a target to set up RTPCR laboratories in each district headquarters hospitals to ramp up testing in the next two months. The Odisha Government has placed an order for 5,000 sachets of 2-DG (2-deoxy-D-glucose) anti-Covid drugs for the treatment of hospitalised Covid-19 patients.
He also informed that the test positivity rate in the state is currently at 14 per cent and hopefully the situation will improve in the next 10 days as the peak of the second surge of the pandemic is already over.
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