A day after Gurugram district recorded 10 new cases of Covid–19 positive cases, highest in a single day, the district administration on Thursday declared 9 areas as ‘containment zones’, in the wake of the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic and movement of residents “absolutely restricted”.
“The nine areas include Sector-9, Sector-54/Nirvana Country, Palam Vihar, Emar Palm Gardens Sector-83, Laburnum Society, and Sector-39. Besides, three villages namely Fazilpur Jharsa, Ward Number 11 Pataudi and Village Raipur Sohna where corona infected patients are found,” said Amit Khatri, district magistrate of Gurugram.
"As per the plan, our health team will scan every house falling under 3-km radius from these places. Each team will have doctors, Anganwadi workers and volunteers. They will collect the health history of every person to ascertain symptoms of fever, cough, their foreign travel histories followed by the sanitation of the areas," Khatri said.
According to the health officials, the situation in rural areas like Fazilpur, Raipur and Pataudi is also scary. In Fazilpur, an elderly person died due to coronavirus. He was an addict of hookah. As in Haryana, one hookah is used by many persons, the chances of spread are higher here.
“There shall be separate packets of vegetable ration/grocery and dairy product etc. and delivery of the same would be ensured at the doorstep accountability of the essential goods/items received and distributed to the households shall be maintained by the above officers on a daily basis,” Khatri added. The district magistrate also directs the Chief Operating Officer of the Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Service Limited (GMCBL) and the General Manager of Haryana Roadways, Gurugram, to deploy four and two buses respectively for carrying the health teams to survey door-to-door in the containment zones.
"We have extensively conducted a medical survey in the village to find out other infected persons. Similarly, in Raipur village and Pataudi where Tablighi Jamaat persons were found infected. Hence entire villages are locked down by the district administration," Khatri said.
Meanwhile, ambulances and paramedics have been kept on standby in these areas, should the need for them arise.
The Gurugram district has so far recorded 32 cases of Coronavirus, including 14 people who had travelled to the district after attending the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi.