One tests positive in Chhota Udepur

TNN | Updated: Apr 6, 2020, 11:31 IST

The man had attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi and had been under home quarantine since returning on March 23.

The man had attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi and had been under home quar...Read More

VADODARA: Tribal-dominated Chhota Udepur district registered first novel coronavirus case on Sunday as a 60-year-old man from Bodeli town tested positive. The man had attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi and had been under home quarantine since returning on March 23.
According to district officials, samples of three persons from the district, who had attended the congregation, had been collected for tests. While the two others, who live in Pavi Jetpur, tested negative, the 60-year-old man was found infected.The patient has been referred to GMERS Medical College and Hospital at Gotri for treatment.
His family members have already been shifted to government quarantine facility.
Local sources said that the trio was brought to the isolation ward of the hospital on Friday. “Although the samples of two other persons have turned out to be negative their home quarantine period will continue,” said district collector Sujal Mayatra. With first case of coronavirus being reported, the administration has got into action to make sure that the cases do not multiply in the district.
“We have cluster quarantined the entire area and procedure is being worked out with police and mamlatdar so that the families get their essential items at home itself,” Mayatra added. There are around 95 buildings in the area which will come under the cluster.