1,500 teams screen all people in Jhunjhunu
JAIPUR: About 1,500 teams have started screening of all people in Jhunjhunu district to contain the spread of coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday.
According t o t he health department data, Jhunjhunu is Rajasthan’s third most affected district with 23 corona-positive cases. The challenge before the district administration is that all the positive cases have been reported from eight pockets.
In Bhilwara, all 27 positive cases were found in the city area; in Jaipur, 109 cases have been found positive but more than 70 are from the Ramganj area which has become the epicentre in the state capital. In Jodhpur, 30 positive cases have been found, but most of them are from Nagouri Gate area and KK colony. In Tonk district, all 18 positive cases were found from one town.
In Jhunjhunu, of the 23 cases, seven were found from the city, six from Mandawa, four from Khetri, two from Gudha Gorji and one each from Nawalgarh, Singhana, Chirawa and Baghad.
“Out of these 23 cases, 14 are those who attended the Tablighi Jamat congregation and nine are from Jhunjhunu proper. We have completely sealed the villages, areas from where these cases have been reported. Also, curfew has been imposed in Jhunjhunu city, Mandawa, Gudha Gaudji and Khetri,” said Jhunjhunu district collector Umar Deen Khan.
He said Jhunjhunu has a population of around 40 lakh, of which many work in the gulf and other foreign countries. “Many students come from outside to study in universities and schools in the district.”
The district has long interstate border with Haryana with a number blacktop and kuchcha roads. “Hence the task is complicated, which can be seen from positive cases reported from different locations,” the collector said.
The district administration carried out a survey and identified 1826 people who had come from foreign countries and 14,585 from other parts of the country after February. “Out of the 1826 people, 116 who had come from Italy, China and Iran were kept in institutional quarantine. Out of the surveyed people, 8,384 have been kept in home quarantine,” Khan said.
The district administration has started the survey of around 3.2 lakh households from April 6. “1500 teams comprising nurses, teachers, gram sevak and constables are doing the intense survey of the entire district. It is worth mentioning that seven positive cases were found from Jhunjhunu city which has beensurveyed twice and six from Mandawa that has been surveyed thrice,” said Khan.
Jhunjhunu city with a population of 1.20 lakh and Mandawa with 25,000 have ben scanned. The collector said the survery is been monitored by senior officials.
“Sub-divisional magistrates, teshildars, deputy superintendents of police (DSPS) and station house officers (SHOS) are on the field to monitor the survey. We are also registering FIRS against those violating lockdown,” Khan said.
From March 22, as many as 287 people have been arrested under section 151 of CRPC for not following the lockdown orders. Till
Wednesday afternoon, 2183 samples have been sent for tests, of which results of 371 samples are awaited and 1871 have tested negative.
Also, six cases have turned to negative from positive, the collector said.
Government employee have been assigned to keep an eye on those quarantined at home, so that nobody comes out, he said.
“Teams of 2650 medical staff, including 350 doctors, 1300 nurses and more than 1000 medical students, are also looking after health facilities and collecting samples. Around 700 medical institutions, including 52 private hospitals and one district hospital, are handling corona suspects,” Khan said.
Jaipur range inspector general of police (IGP) S Sengathir said all the inter-state border points have been sealed.
“Barricading has been done across 17 points of the district. 150 policemen with health staff are checking every passing vehicle. Medical teams are checking every person inside the vehicles and suspects are being sent for quarantine,” Sengathir said.