bhubaneswar following the centres guidelines the state government has made the rtpcr covid negative report mandatory at airports for those who are coming from or have passed through china japan hong kong thailand singapore and south koreaon the direcion of health minister naba kisore das it was decided to make the rtpcr negative report obtained before 72 hours mandatory for those coming from or travelled through countries like china japan hong kong thailand singapore and south korea at the airports in the state ajit kumar mohanty special secretary health department saidin view of the fih hockey mens world cup2023 as a gathering of international travellers and tourists is expected in bhubaneswar rourkela cuttack sundargarh and jharsuguda the health and family welfare department has urged such tourists and travellers to follow covidappropriate behaviour such as wearing mask and maintaining social distancing among othersmohanty said that a study suggested that china would see the peak of covid19 cases in the second half of january while india is likely to see a spurt in cases around the second or third week of march which could be termed as the fourth wave in the country however there is no need to panic since we have developed herd immunity due to mass vaccination he saidabout nasal vaccines which got the approval of the dcgi recently mohanty said those who have taken two doses of the vaccine can take the nasal vaccine and those who have taken the two doses along with the booster dose need not have to take another nasal vaccine dose people need to remain careful about taking the doses the special secretary saidhe said they have proposed to the centre to resume the booster dose campaign in the state as still nearly 60 percent of the states population is yet to take the third dose or the booster dose we have asked for the vaccine supply from the centre once received we will resume the booster dose campaign drive he added