2 fresh cases in Haryana; count touches eight
One case is from P’kula, the other is from Sonepat
CHANDIGARH: With one positive case each from Panchkula and Sonepat, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Haryana rose to eight on Saturday. While four positive cases have so far been reported from Gurugram, one each from Panipat and Faridabad were reported on Friday.
SONEPAT WOMAN RETURNED FROM UK THREE DAYS AGO
The Sonepat case involves an MSc student who had returned from the United Kingdom three days ago. Sonepat principal medical officer Dr Adarsh Sharma said, “The woman is pursuing MSc (physics honours) from the Cambridge University and had returned home on March 18. Initially she went into self-isolation at her house but was admitted to Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College in Khanpur Kalan in Sonepat on Friday after she showed coronavirus symptoms. Her samples were taken on Friday, which were confirmed positive by the National Institute of Virology, Pune.”
He added, “All 14 members of the woman’s family had maintained distance from her but have been asked to stay under home quarantine for 14 days. They are not showing any symptoms of the pandemic disease so far.”
PANCHKULA WOMAN CAME IN CONTACT WITH CHANDIGARH PATIENT
The case in Panchkula involves a 38-year-old woman who worked at a beauty salon that Chandigarh’s first coronavirus patient visited on her return from London. The woman is a resident of Kharak Mangoli village in Old Panchkula adjoining Sector 1. She tested positive, while her son tested negative. The woman has been kept in isolation at the civil hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula.
NO NEED TO PANIC, ADHERE TO JANATA CURFEW, APPEALS CM
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that during the Janata Curfew on Sunday, all essential commodities, including grocery shops, petrol pumps and chemist shops would remain open.
Urging people not to panic, Khattar exhorted them to adhere to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to observe Janata curfew on Sunday for protection against the novel coronavirus.
DCS TO CHECK SANITISERS, MASKS HOARDINGS
Presiding over a review meeting with all deputy commissioners (DCs), district food and supplies controllers and grocery wholesalers, retailers and vendors through video conferencing here, Khattar directed the DCs to ensure that there was no shortage of any essential commodities especially sanitisers, masks and floor cleaning agents. He also asked them to take steps to stop profiteering, hoarding and panic buying.
EMPLOYERS ASKED NOT TO CUT SALARIES
Khattar also appealed to the people associated with all types of businesses to take special care of their employees who are on leave during this period and not deduct their salary.
PUBLIC DEALING RESTRICTED
The government has decided to restrict public dealing in government offices across the state. An official spokesman said that as per the orders, public access to important government officers such as district and state secretaries would be restricted by all department and offices. All departments would provide a telephone number so that the public could seek any information from them during office hours.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE MUST FOR TEACHERS
Meanwhile, the school education department also issued an order for all its teaching and non-teaching staff returning from foreign country to get themselves medically examined by the district surgeon before joining duty.