6,761 screened in 3 Karnal villages, all clear

Tribune News Service

Karnal, April 7

With addition of four new Covid positive cases in the district on Monday, the Health Department has kept Rasin, Birchpur and Shekhpur Suhana villages of the district in the containment zone, as the cases belong to these areas. Seven villages and two colonies adjoining the villages have been kept in the buffer zone.

The department has scanned all residents of the three villages in containment zone and no resident has shown any symptoms of Covid, but the residents will stay under home quarantine for 14 days.

The process to scan the health of residents living in the buffer zone villages and the colonies is underway.

As many as 6,761 residents, including 2,177 from Rasin village, 1,979 from Birchpur village and 2,605 from Shekhpura Suhana village were scanned by the health department after the cases were reported.

The district has so far witnessed five positive cases. The first patient, who belonged to Rasin village died on Sunday, while four active cases are in the isolation ward of the KCGMC. Among them, one is the son of the first Covid patient of Rasin village. As per the health authorities, the first case was the carrier of the virus for a doctor and a staff nurse, who came to his contact when he was admitted at KCGMC for multiple ailments. The fourth person is a youth from Birchpur village, who has travel history from abroad.

So far, the department has collected samples of 140 persons, of which the reports of 108 have come as negative, five tested positive.

“We have scanned the health of all residents of the three villages and found no symptoms. The health workers, along with Asha and Anganwari workers, will examine them daily,” said DC Nishant Kumar Yadav.

Meanwhile, SP Surinder Singh Bhoria took out a flag march in the villages. He appealed to the people to abide by the rules of home quarantine. Besides, he impounded 20 vehicles during the march.