Kanpur: The number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in Kanpur with six more people on Wednesday evening testing positive for Covid-19 infection, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 83 in the district till now.
Chief medical officer Dr Ashok Shukla said three family members and a neighbour of the wholesaler from Kidwainagar who earlier contracted the virus tested positive.
“The wholesaler’s wife, son, sister-in-law and neighbour tested positive. Likewise, a resident of Quli Bazar pocket has tested positive,” he added.
Besides, a 60-year-old cancer patient, a native of a village in Saifai tehsil of Etawah district, who is father of a lady sub-inspector posted at Rail Bazar police station, also tested positive.
CMO Dr Shukla said, “We came to know that the Cancer patient has infection when he underwent Covid -19 test at a private lab before his surgery.”
The doctors of private hospital and his family informed district health authorities following which he was admitted to hospital.
“The doctors and paramedic staff of private hospital, and lab attendants of two pathologies where the patient went have been quarantined,” said Shukla.
The OPD of private hospital and the ECG and X -ray room of a private pathology were sealed and sanitized.
The cancer patient had also visited Rama Dental hospital for treatment and so it has been sanitized and two doctors, one intern and half-a-dozen paramedical staff have been quarantined.
The health department has collected the sample of his daughter, a sub-inspector posted at Rail Bazar police station. If she tests positive, then the entire staff of the police station would have to go in isolation, said inspector Dadhibal Tiwari.
Health officials have alerted their counterparts in Etawah to trace his source of infection and screen his contacts besides taking other preventive steps.
Etawah district authorities said the village with a population of 1,200 people in Saifai tehsil was declared containment zone and sealed on Wednesday. The man had left for Kanpur on April 15.
Etawah district magistrate JB Singh said, “The supply of essentials and medical goods in village will be ensured through teams under supervision of SDM rank official. All movement in the areas has been restricted.”
Disinfectants were sprayed in the village by Etawah civic department officials to sanitize the area.
There are 74 active cases in Kanpur district, since seven persons have been cured while two died.
All 74 patients are in isolation at hospitals and are stable. Close contacts of these patients have also been quarantined and put under surveillance.
Chief medical officer Dr Ashok Shukla said three family members and a neighbour of the wholesaler from Kidwainagar who earlier contracted the virus tested positive.
“The wholesaler’s wife, son, sister-in-law and neighbour tested positive. Likewise, a resident of Quli Bazar pocket has tested positive,” he added.
Besides, a 60-year-old cancer patient, a native of a village in Saifai tehsil of Etawah district, who is father of a lady sub-inspector posted at Rail Bazar police station, also tested positive.
CMO Dr Shukla said, “We came to know that the Cancer patient has infection when he underwent Covid -19 test at a private lab before his surgery.”
The doctors of private hospital and his family informed district health authorities following which he was admitted to hospital.
“The doctors and paramedic staff of private hospital, and lab attendants of two pathologies where the patient went have been quarantined,” said Shukla.
The OPD of private hospital and the ECG and X -ray room of a private pathology were sealed and sanitized.
The cancer patient had also visited Rama Dental hospital for treatment and so it has been sanitized and two doctors, one intern and half-a-dozen paramedical staff have been quarantined.
The health department has collected the sample of his daughter, a sub-inspector posted at Rail Bazar police station. If she tests positive, then the entire staff of the police station would have to go in isolation, said inspector Dadhibal Tiwari.
Health officials have alerted their counterparts in Etawah to trace his source of infection and screen his contacts besides taking other preventive steps.
Etawah district authorities said the village with a population of 1,200 people in Saifai tehsil was declared containment zone and sealed on Wednesday. The man had left for Kanpur on April 15.
Etawah district magistrate JB Singh said, “The supply of essentials and medical goods in village will be ensured through teams under supervision of SDM rank official. All movement in the areas has been restricted.”
Disinfectants were sprayed in the village by Etawah civic department officials to sanitize the area.
There are 74 active cases in Kanpur district, since seven persons have been cured while two died.
All 74 patients are in isolation at hospitals and are stable. Close contacts of these patients have also been quarantined and put under surveillance.
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