Bahadurgarh woman tests positive in Delhi

Tribune News Service

Jhajjar, April 9

A 33-year-old staff nurse residing at Dharampura locality in Bahadurgarh here tested positive for coronavirus in Delhi on Wednesday evening. The woman, working at a private hospital in Delhi, quarantined herself at home on March 30 after she experienced Covid symptoms.

She is admitted at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. The nurse herself informed the Jhajjar district administration about her report on Thursday morning. The administration swung into action and declared Dharampura as containment zone, while Bahadurgarh Municipal Council started santising the area where more than 300 houses are located.

Sources said 12 persons, who came in contact with her, were isolated at civil hospital in Bahadurgarh, while their samples were sent to PGIMS, Rohtak, for Covid test. The district administration is not counting the case in Jhajjar’s account. “The woman got infected with the virus while working at the hospital in Delhi, so the case does not belong to Jhajjar,” said RS Punia, Jhajjar Civil Surgeon, and in a press release issued on Thursday evening, Deputy Commissioner Jitender Dahiya said no Covid positive case was found in Jhajjar.

Dahiya said the Dharampura area was sealed till April 23 and police personnel were deployed to prevent the entry and exit of residents. Different teams of health authorities would carry out thermal scanning of every resident in the locality, he added.

Punia said each team would do thermal scanning of 50 houses, while the main team would be available at the entrance of Dharampura to scan those who come to the locality to supply essential commodities.