Bhubaneswar, Sept. 4 -- Bhubaneswar: Even as Covid-19 cases are on the rise in Odisha capital, only around 5.15 percent of the residents have developed antibodies for the infections, informed Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Prem Chandra Choudhary on Friday.

"So far more than 1600 samples have been collected by the BMC in the first round of the second phase of serological surveillance. But the high risk group is yet to be tested under the surveillance. The first round result of the second surveillance shows that Bhubaneswar is in good stage in terms of Covid infection so far. But the low antibodies prevalent rate puts the city into high risk zone. It may lead to a further surge in the infection rate in near future," C...