TWO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 IN CHANDIGARH’S KHUDA ALISHER VILLAGE
CHANDIGARH: Amid sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in Chandigarh’s peripheral areas, two people from Khuda Alisher village tested positive on Sunday.
With this, the UT’S total count of confirmed cases has reached 352. Fifty-two of these still active.
The patients — a 27-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man — are the from the same household and have travel history.
“They had visited Uttar Pradesh for a wedding and stayed there for four days. They returned on June 9 and developed symptoms on June 11,” said an official release. While 295 people have been cured of the disease so far, five have succumbed to it.
gone up to 10.
Dera Bassi subdivision comprises Dera Bassi town, Zirakpur and Lalru and has a population of around four lakh. All the towns are located on the Delhi-chandigarh highway.
As of now, 16 cases are from Dera Bassi town and nine each from Zirakpur and Lalru.
“Dera Bassi has borders with other states, and being an industrial hub, it also houses many migrant workers. Zirakpur, too, has a migrant population,” said
Dr Manjit Singh. “We are trying our level best to take maximum samples from the area.”
Dr Vikrant Nagra, nodal officer, Dera Bassi, said: “As far as Mubarakpur is concerned, we know that one person from Delhi who had come to the village tested positive on June 8, following which sampling was done and more persons from the same family were found infected.”
Nagra said around 50 samples were taken and a lane with a 100metre area around it had been sealed. All families living there had been home quarantined. If 10 more cases are reported, then the village would be declared a containment zone.
Kharar subdivision, which comprises Nayagaon, Mullanpur, Kurali and some villages, is also witnessing a spike. Sounding a note of caution for locals, Dr Harmandeep Kaur Brar, nodal officer for Kharar, said: “Though the lockdown has been relaxed, if we adopt a careless attitude and do not use precautions, the disease can strike us again in no time.”