15 new cases, count 120 in district

Tribune News Service

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Jalandhar, May 2

In the past two days, the district has reported 31 coronavirus cases. Only one of these is from Hazur Sahib.

As many as 15 persons have tested positive for Covid today. They include nine contacts of a Jalandhar-based man at present admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, four contacts of a deceased woman from Basti Danishmandan, a bus driver (admitted to a hospital in Patiala) and a contact of a positive case from a local media house. A 23-year-old man from Phoolpur village is the media house contact. The nine contacts of the man admitted to the PGI include a 45-year-old man of Kishan Nagar; a 32-year-old woman, a five-year-old girl and another woman (all three residents of Rasta Mohalla); a 40-year-old man, a temple priest from Gurmeet Nagar; and four persons from Qazi Mohalla, including a 63-year-old man, a 41-year-old man, a 43-year-old man and a 48-year-old man.

The contacts of the deceased woman from Basti Danishmandan include a 28-year-old man, a 45-year-old man, a 75-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man.

Admn makes arrangements for 241 returnees

The district administration has made arrangements for the stay of 241 persons, who had returned from other states and had been quarantined at the School for Meritorious Children on the Kapurthala road here. The 241 persons include 148 pilgrims from Hazur Sahib, seven students from Kota, 28 labourers from Jaisalmer and 58 others.

On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar, a committee, headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner Jasbir Singh with Assistant Commissioner Hardeep Singh and District Education Officer Harinder Pal Singh as its members, was tasked with ensuring foolproof arrangements for boarding and lodging of these persons quarantined at meritorious school.

While 90 persons from other states had reached Jalandhar till a day ago, today the number rose to 241. The samples of 110 of them had previously been taken and the rest are being sampled. Notably, of the 120 persons tested positive in Jalandhar so far, only one is from Hazur Sahib.

Every person, coming from other states, is being provided with a welcome kit containing a toothbrush, toothpaste, bathing soap, washing soap, sanitiser, mask, towel, bucket, mug and other things.

Langar from Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Nihal Singh Talhan is being served to them on the school campus.

Long wait for patients

Patients have to wait for long at the local Civil Hospital for testing. Several relatives of a person who tested positive for Covid on Friday said they had to wait for hours for their turn at the hospital. A relative of a positive patient who went to the hospital on Saturday said: “We were called to the hospital at 7.30 am today but till afternoon our turn didn’t come. Till 12.30, we were standing in a queue without having food and water. Later, we also arranged food and water for us. About 30 persons were waiting for their turn. We were called after much delay.”

Over 7,400 under home quarantine

With 3,784 samples taken and over 7,400 persons under home quarantine across 29 containment zones, a huge exercise is being undertaken on a regular basis by the Health and Police departments as well as the district administration to monitor containment zones.