Ex-BSF jawan discharged from Covid hospital

    

   Health staff and villagers welcome him with joyful claps

Wearing a mask and holding a bag, the man walked slowly along the village road and the neighbourers standing in front of their houses welcomed him with claps, which he never received even after battling successfully against the enemy during his service life.

Biswabrata Goswami

Statesman News Service

KRISHNAGAR, 28 APRIL:  After a 14-day battle with novel coronavirus, an ex-BSF jawan was discharged from the Covid hospital and reunited with his family members at Charatala in Chapra, Nadia today.

The health staffs and neighbourers welcomed him with joyful claps when the district health department officials accompanied him in a vehicle to his native village. 

Wearing a mask and holding a bag, the man walked slowly along the village road and the neighbourers standing in front of their houses welcomed him with claps, which he never received even after battling successfully against the enemy during his service life.

The other villagers and family members, who were sent in quarantine centers soon after he had tested positive for Covid-19, had already returned to their houses as they were released from the centers in the last few days.

The 55-year-old man is currently attached with Khidirpur dock under Kolkata Port Trust. He was found tested positive on 16 April and he was immediately sent to a Covid hospital from Saktinagar district hospital in Krishnagar for treatment.

His five family members including two minors were also sent to an isolation center in the Covid hospital for observation, a senior district health official said.

Charatal village, a minority dominated area in Chapra block in Nadia, where an ex-BSF jawan was tested positive for Covid-19, has been declared as a containment zone by the district administration on 19 April.

The district administration had already sealed off the village hours after the test report of the ex-jawan was found positive a few days ago. In addition to this, four armed police personnel have been posted round the clock at two ends of the barricade put up on the street. Close circuit cameras have been installed along the main road and 12 civic volunteers and Asha workers have been deployed in the area for communication with the residents.

The administration is providing essential items to people residing in the zone. No one is being allowed to enter or exit from this zone. A door to door health checkup of around 2000 families has already been carried out to ascertain whether any infected person is residing in the area.

Vibhu Goel, district magistrate said, “As per government guidelines, we have taken action so that no further case is reported from this area. We have announced the area as a containment zone and to check the spread of the dreaded virus, we are implementing the guidelines. Today, the man has been released to his house as he was found negative for consecutive two tests.”