A 22-year-old woman, a resident of Palam Vihar, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday, taking the total count of Covid-19 infected patients to four in Haryana. She was a student in London and had returned to India on March 14.
The authorities on Thursday officially confirmed about the four confirmed cases in the city. Senior officials confirmed that her sample tested in Delhi was positive.
The third patient is the wife of a Nirvana Country resident. The 56-year-old patient, admitted to Safdarjung, tested positive for Covid and was shifted to Delhi.
On Wednesday a 44-year-old businessman who is a resident of Sector 50 had tested positive for coronavirus and had recently returned from London.
"He had returned on March 7 and went to RML in Delhi to get himself tested on March 9 and has sadly been tested positive for coronavirus, but we are yet to receive the report," said a health official, adding that a team from Delhi also visited his residence to collect samples of his family members for testing. The victim is currently admitted in an isolation ward of Delhi's Safdarjung hospital.
The first case of coronavirus in Haryana was confirmed from Gurugram district, with officials from the health department stating that a 29-year-old woman tested positive for the deadly disease on Saturday.
On the other hand, the Gurugram police is going to form a special task force (STF) to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. The personnel of the STF will help and spread awareness among the police personnel around the quarantine centre and hospitals.
"The task force will be armed with mask, sanitisers and gloves. They will be given training by a designated doctor to follow instructions to keep them safe from the deadly virus. The duties of the cops will be changed every 15 days and after the duty hours, they will have to undergo necessary scanning. The department is also obtaining details of the policemen who have been on duties at the hospitals and quarantine centre," said Nikita Gehlot, DCP (Headquarter).
Also, Foreigners Registration Branch (FRO) of the Gurugram Police has been directed to maintain health data of foreign national and people returning from abroad and inform the health ministry, she said.
The local authorities have already ordered to shut shopping malls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, spas and weekly bazaars to till March 31.
Moreover, religious, social, political, academic, sports and mass gatherings, including weddings were restricted to 50 people.
The district health department on Saturday designated SGT medical college as a quarantine centre which has around 300 beds as a precautionary measure in the wake of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The department is also planning to prepare 500 beds in an isolation centre at Sector-9 PG collage.
"We have quarantine wards in Sector-10 hospital and tied up with private hospitals in the city for carrying out quarantine procedures," said Dr JS Punia, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Gurugram.