JHAJJAR: FROM STATE’S GREEN ZONE TO DIST WITH MOST CASES, IN SIX DAYS FLAT

ROHTAK: With 12 fresh cases detected in Jhajjar since late Friday night, the district has become Haryana’s most affected district with 40 active cases in just six days since this Monday. It is followed by Gurugram which has 25 active cases and Sonepat which has 22.

Until a week ago, Jhajjar district administration was being praised for not letting the deadly virus enter their territory even though it shares the border with the national capital Delhi, which is one of the worst hit states in the country. But now Jhajjar has emerged as the new hotspot in the state.

As many as 33 out of the 40 coronavirus infected patients in Jhajjar district are vegetable sellers, who frequented Delhi’s Azadpur Mandi to bring vegetables. The remaining seven are-- four family members of a Delhi policeman, who hails from Jhajjar’s Saloda village, two nurses ( one working with Haryana government and another posted at a hospital in Delhi) and one man, who returned from Maharasthra.

Jhajjar civil surgeon Randeep Singh Punia said that 39 out of 40 coronavirus cases reported in the district have a Delhi connection while one is

Bahadurgarh man who had returned from Maharasthra.

39 CASES HAVE A DELHI CONNECTION OF WHICH 33 ARE VEGETABLE VENDORS WHO FREQUENTED THE AZADPUR MANDI

RANDOM SAMPLING HELPED IN DETECTING CASES: DC

Jhajjar deputy commissioner Jitender Singh also said that the detection of 40 cases since Monday is a positive sign for them because it helps them in breaking the chain of the virus. “Jhajjar is the first district in Haryana to go for random sampling. We had started random sampling after the district did not report any positive case for over a month even after sharing the border with Delhi, which falls in the red zone. During random sampling, we focussed on vegetable sellers, shopkeepers, milkmen and Haryana residents, who are working in Delhi and commuting daily,” he said.