The Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri administrations have lifted
‘containment zone’ orders that were in place in certain areas of
Siliguri town. The move comes after no fresh Covid-19 cases were
detected in the areas in the last more than 28 days.
The Darjeeling administration has lifted the order from Ward 47 under
the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC). However, a three-km radius of
an apartment near the North Bengal Medical College (NCMCH) will remain a
‘containment zone.’
According to the health department guidelines, a Covid-19 containment
zone refers to an area where positive cases of coronavirus are found.
Every confirmed case has to be considered an epicentre. Areas falling
under a threekm radius of an epicentre (the residence of positive case)
are demarcated and the area is declared a containment zone.
The administration had restricted the movement of people and vehicles
in Ward 47 following the detection of a positive case there on 2 April.
A railway employee there died on 5 April. On the other hand, an NBMCH
nurse and three of her family members, including her 22-monthold
daughter, were found Covid-19 positive near the NBMCH. They have,
however, been cured now.
“The zone has completed the mandatory 28-day isolation period without
any fresh case reported after 2 April,” officials in Darjeeling
district said today.”The order has been withdrawn from Ward 47 today.
However, the order will remain for the surrounding areas of the
apartment near the NBMCH,” Siliguri Sub Divisional Officer Sumant Sahay
said.
The Jalpaiguri district administration yesterday issued an order,
stating that the containment zones in Wards 40, 41, 42 and 43 under the
SMC under the Ektiasal Sub-Centre under Dabgram- II gram panachayat have
been lifted.The areas fell into such a zone after four relatives of a
Covid-19 victim were found positive in Ward 41.
A 44- year-old Kalimpong woman, who had returned from Chennai, had
died at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital on 30 March. Her
relatives in Ward 41 had come in contact with the woman before her
death. The administration officially announced those areas as
containment zones on 19 April to contain the spread of the infection.
Administrative officers of both the districts said extensive
house-to-house surveys were conducted and that all persons suffering
from the severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and influenzalike
illness (ILI) had undergone tests and found negative for Covid-19.
Seven more cases in Malda:
In Malda, seven more Covid- 19 cases have been detected in five
blocks of the district. English Bazaar has been added to the containment
zone list with one of the fresh cases belonging to the area, the six
other patients hail from from Kaliachak-I, and one each from Old Malda,
Harishchandrapur and Manikchak.
Patient dies in isolation ward:
A patient, who was admitted in the isolation ward of the NBMCH, died
today, within hours of his admission. He was, however, tested negative
for Covid-19, source said.
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