Ten more migrants test Covid + in Nadia, containment zones reach to 60

Biswabrata Goswami

Statesman News Service

KRISHNAGAR, 30 MAY: Yet another ten migrants, who returned their houses from Maharashtra and Kerala, tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of official cumulative cases in Nadia to 75 in the last 24 hours.

Apart from this figure supplied by the district health department, at least five positive cases from different areas across the district have been reported before this correspondent by the concerned local people. Even, a person from Chapra Bangaljhi quarantine center has been taken out this afternoon by the health authorities and it has been reported that he has been admitted to the Kalyani SNR Carnival Covid hospital.

As migrants returning home continued to test positive for the novel coronavirus, ten more containment zones have been created in Nadia with authorities sealing the areas today. The number of containment zones in Nadia, thereby, rose to 60.

According to the reports of the district health department, the areas which have been earmarked as containment zones are two under Chapra, three under Nabadwip, two under Kaliganj, two under Krishnaganj, seven under Tehatta-I, one under Tehatta-II, three under Karimpur, seven under Santipur, one under Krishnagar-I, one under Krishnagar-II, eight under Ranaghat-II, four under Hanshkhali, three under Ranaghat-I and seven under Chakdaha blocks.

In a nutshell, there are 12 containment zones under Krishnagar sub-division, 14 under Tehatta sub-division, 26 under Ranaghat sub-division and eight containment zones fall under Kalyani sub-division.

These areas have been sealed so that people living within containment zones are not allowed to move out and police have been deployed to check any violations. “No unauthorized persons should be allowed into the containment zones under any circumstances”, an order by the sub-divisional authority stated.

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