Lockdown in Bengal on 23, 25 and 29 July from 6 am to 10 pm
Nadia records highest spike of 135 Covid-19 suspected and 38 Covid-19 positive
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KRISHNAGAR,
21 JULY: State-wide lockdown will be observed from 6 am to 10 pm on 23, 25 and
29 July wherein there would be complete closure of all activities except
essential and emergency services.
During
the lockdown all government and private offices, commercial establishments,
public and private transport shall remain closed.
Meanwhile,
Nadia once again witnessed its highest single-day spike with 135 Covid-19
suspected cases recorded on Tuesday. The district has received reports of 38
persons who tested Covid-19 positive while the test reports of others have not
been reached to the district health department yet. With this, the total number
of novel coronavirus cases in the district stood at 481 and containment zone increased to 93.
According
to the district health report, there are 6490 suspected cases till on Tuesday
while the total number of patients released stand at 6315. A total number of
175 suspected patients are admitted in the isolation centers till today.
State Government's Lockdown Order:-
There
are 120 active cases in the district and 42 persons are admitted in the Glocal
hospital while 78 persons are admitted in the SNR Carnival, Kalyani.
Among
the Covid-19 positive cases, three persons tested positive from Chakdah, eight
persons from Chakdah municipality, five persons from Gayeshpur municipality,,
two persons from Hanskhali, four persons from Kalyani municipality, eight
persons from Krishnaganj, two persons from Ranaghat municipality, one person
each from Haringhata, Haringhata municipality, Kaliganj, Santipur, Santipur
municipality and Tehatta.
According
to the reports from the district health department, the authorities have
collected samples from 338 and till today, samples have been collected from
32336.
A
senior health department official said, “The overall situation is very much
alarming as people are not maintaining precautions. Many people are seen
travelling or walking or cycling without wearing masks. They are even not
maintaining social distancing. As a result, many areas are moving fast towards
community transmission or infection.”
Meanwhile,
a sense of panic gripped the medical community, after two prominent doctors tested
Covid-19 positive in Krishnagar. “More medical persons are supposed to be
infected as their reports have not been reached here yet. In Santipur, the same
situation has been brewed up after three doctors tested Covid-19 positive. The
hospital was temporarily closed for a temporary period three days ago, but
today the outpatient department has been reopened for the sake of common
people. Before reopening the outpatient department, the hospital was thoroughly
sanitized”, a senior health official said.
Contact tracing and precautions are now being implemented
with all the medical professionals including doctors and hospitals; they have
come in contact with.
Meanwhile,
Mahua Moitra, a Trinamul Congress MP from Krishnagar advised people to follow
the pandemic guidelines properly. “Many people have started feeling that spread
of the virus have come down. They are deliberately violating social distancing
and they most of the time prefer to be unguarded (unmasked). This should not be
continued. Many para-military persons do not want to stay in the quarantine
after reaching their villages. While two jawans tested positive after returning
from Kashmir,” she said.
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