Deputy Commissioner asks NRIs to follow quarantine guidelines

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, July 27

Appealing the Non Resident Indians (NRIs) to follow the quarantine guidelines issued by the state government, Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait on Monday categorically said institutional or hotel quarantine was mandatory for all NRIs returning to Hoshiarpur from different countries.

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) said the NRIs should opt either for Institutional Quarantine Centre (IQC) or hotels identified by the administration for the purpose of quarantine.

The NRIs can choose the hotel of their choice, said the DC, adding that elaborate arrangements had been made at the IQCs established at the Panjab University’s local Regional Campus and Multi Skill Development Centre (MSDC) for the facilitation of the NRIs to be quarantined on their arrival in Hoshiarpur. She said the samples of the NRIs would be collected within seven days during their quarantine period, adding that if the report was negative, they would be allowed to go home and in case of the report of any person was found positive then he would have to further stay in isolation till complete recovery from the symptoms of the disease.

She said the community surveillance was being carried out by officials to track those, who had been violated the quarantine guidelines. The DC warned that strict action could be taken against those flouting the quarantine guidelines besides impounding their passports.

Besides the said two IQCs, Apneet Riyait said as many as 13 hotels had been dedicated for the NRIs, where they could stay by paying prescribed rates during quarantine period.

15 new infections in Hoshiarpur

• The reports of 15 samples out of 635 came out positive in the district on Monday. Civil Surgeon Jasvir Singh said of the 15 positive cases, four were reported from Budabarh block, one each from Kharkan Camp, Tanda, Coca Cola Factory, Kamahi Devi, Kasba village and Pandori Kadd village and two each from Bahibal Manj village and Dashmesh Nagar. One person from the city was found positive through TrueNat machine.
• He said so far 26,829 samples had been taken in the district, out of which reports of 25,357 samples came out negative, reports of 930 samples awaited and 55 cases had been found invalid. On Monday, 767 samples were taken in the district. The Civil Surgeon said the total number of positive cases in the district stood at 520, out of which active cases were 213.