70-yr-old came in contact with 79, but only 27 tested
Aparna Banerji
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, March 21
As many as 79 persons, who were in touch with the 70-year-old Nawanshahr Covid victim, have been placed in isolated, but samples of only 27 have been taken so far.
Of these 79 persons (56 from Pathlawa, 23 from Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur), samples of only 17 persons from Nawanshahr, three from Jalandhar and seven from Hoshiarpur have been taken so far.
Priest tests positive
Hoshiarpur: Moranwali resident, who was in touch with the Nawanshahr man, has tested positive for Covid
AdvertisementThe elderly man is a “pathi” (priest) in a gurdwara at Pathlava. Civil Surgeon, Hoshiarpur, Dr Jasvir Singh said his family members were in quarantine at Binewal village
They have not been diagnosed with the infection as of now. The Civil Surgeon said so far, samples of eight suspected patients had been taken, of which one had tested positive
Of the 56 Pathlawa (immediate family) contacts, 17 were examined and six tested positive (reports of 11 are awaited). Of the total 23 contacts in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur, 10 persons were tested and one came positive. Reports of three are awaited. None of the health professionals, who the Nawanshahr man came in contact with, have been tested yet.
While villagers say they have prepared a list of at least 150 persons, who the deceased came in direct contact with, the total number of people affected may be beyond 250.
A Chikka village contact is also under isolation, but his sampling is yet to be done. Pathlawa villagers say at least 25 to 30 villagers had gone to Anandpur Sahib, who may or may not have come in contact with the victim there.
State Programme Officer, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Dr Gagandeep Singh Grover said, “The sampling ambit will be increased from today. We are already seeking lists of his contacts. Within five to 16 days, all symptomatic, asymptomatic and high-risk cases will be tracked and tested.”
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