The steel city on Monday reported a fifth Covid-19 positive case. The man who has been tested for coronavirus positive had returned from Ranchi via truck. He directly got himself admitted at MGM Medical College and Hospital and was in the isolation ward ever since returning here and finally his swab test was tested positive. The person is a resident of Sidhgora.
A senior district official confirmed about the detection of the new case, and confirmed that the person tested Covid positive is a resident of the steel city.
"The man who has been tested for coronavirus positive on Monday afternoon is a resident of steel city and had returned from Ranchi on May 15. He didn’t go to his house but rather went directly to the hospital for test. He was in the isolation ward of the MGM Medical College Hospital ever since returning here and finally his swab test was tested positive," said the official.
He informed the patient in question has been shifted from the medical college hospital's isolation ward to the TMH's Covid ward late in the afternoon.
Meanwhile, the first positive case of Covid-19 has also been reported from West Singhbhum at Chaibasa. The youth is of 22 year old and had returned from Chennai on May 14.
Meanwhile, with the enforcement of fourth phase of lockdown, the administration has become tough but taking into custody those violating lockdown norms.
Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) special officer, Krishna Kumar said that people have the tendency to move out of the house and when caught give lame reasons for going to buy vegetables or groceries, which come under essential items. However, at all the intra-city checkpoint barricades have been erected since the first phase of the lockdown and it continued today with police and magistrates checking passes of people. We have made sure that all the commercial areas to ensure that no shops, barring essential ones, are open,” he said.
Moreover, the administration has made it mandatory for everyone to wear mask (either three-layered or made of cloth) if they are outside their homes. And those violating this rule are being booked by police.
An official informed that if anyone found roaming without a mask will be booked under section 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of IPC.
“We warned several persons who were found without masks. They were going to buy essential commodities but not wearing mask in Sakchi area. We have warned them that the police will register FIRs against them for offence under section 188 (disobedience of order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code”, said the police official.