9 teams of health workers deployed in Ahmedgarh

Our Correspondent

Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 10

With a population of 3,500 living in about 650 houses, Dehliz Kalan village was sealed by the administration after a member of Tablighi Jamaat staying at a mosque tested positive for Covid-19 today.

The patient, hailing from Kardampuri in Delhi, reportedly stayed at Pohir, Ghungrana, Kilaraipur, Sarinh villages in Ludhiana besides Malerkotla and local mosques, before reaching the Dehliz mosque on March 26.

As many as 16 Jamaat members were examined by a team of doctors on March 31 and they were shifted to an isolation centre near Sangrur. While other members tested negative, Kardampuri activist tested positive, necessitating the administration to proceed according to the established protocol of prevention of spread of coronavirus.

Ahmedgarh SDM Vikramjit Singh Panthey said the rapid response team of the Heath Department had initiated process for screening of all villagers that was cordoned off by cops led by Sadar SHO Sanjiv Kapoor early in the morning. In all, nine teams of health workers were deployed to identify any suspected patient or person showing flu-like symptoms.

Sangrur Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said both the patients of the district were asymptomatic.