ESI colony sanitised

Tribune News Service

Solan,June 30

The housing colony of ESI Covid hospital, Katha, at Barotiwala was sanitised today after a lab technician and his daughter tested Covid-19 positive last evening.

Hospital staffers comprising medical and para-medical staff too have come under the ambit of quarantine, informed medical officer health, Solan, Dr NK Gupta. Notably, this is the lone Covid hospital in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial cluster.

About 100 contacts of the duo have been identified from among the hospital as well as the housing colony residents while further contact tracing was underway. The local authorities have also identified about 25 contacts of eight other Covid-positive patients who had tested positive last evening. All contacts have been quarantined.

SDM Nalagarh Prashant Deshta said the ESI colony and specific area in ward number 4 where a Covid-positive patient was residing were being ring fenced after sanitisation.