Chandigarh Administration declares six new containment zones

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 22

To break the chain of Covid transmission, the UT Administration today declared six more containment zones in the city.

Adviser Manoj Parida said the outbreak was examined by a committee and a considered view emerged that the affected areas be declared as containment zones in the city.

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The areas declared containment zones are: part of Sector 34-D, 38-D, 46, 49-B and Sector 63. Parida said regular screening and monitoring of the areas would continue and frequent sanitisation of the areas would be conducted.

Earlier on March 18, the UT Administration had declared six containment zones in parts of Sector 15, 29, 33-B, 38-B, 44-D, and 49-A (Pushpak Enclave).