Coimbatore: The number of active novel coronavirus cases in the district dropped to four on Tuesday when seven patients were discharged from hospitals.
The recovered patients comprise five police officers from Podanur, another cop from Kuniamuthur police station and a woman from Sirumugai. While the cops were admitted to the PSG Hospitals, the woman was undergoing treatment at the ESI Hospital. They were discharged as they tested negative for the virus twice.
All the recovered patients have been advised to remain in home quarantine for another two weeks.
Now, only the 31-year-old pregnant woman and the family of three from KK Pudur are undergoing treatment. All of them are at the ESI Hospital.
Dr G Ramesh Kumar, deputy director of public health, said results of at least 160 people, whose samples were collected on Sunday and Monday, have come and none of them were tested positive for the virus. “We have collected samples from more frontline workers who are deployed in containment zones today (Tuesday).”
The district administration, meanwhile, said every person who enters the district from other districts or states through the 11 check posts would be stamped. “The stamp will mention they are in quarantine and its duration,” the deputy director of public health said. However, the focus is on quarantining people coming from Chennai.
While people from other districts have to remain in home quarantine for 14 days, those from other states have to be in quarantine for as many days in one of the quarantine facilities in the district. There are four such facilities - a lodge in Mettupalayam, a school each in Pollachi and city, and a college outside the city limits – in the district. “After the 14 days in the facility, they need to remain in home quarantine for another 14 days,” Dr Kumar said.
Since Monday, 31 people have been put in these quarantine facilities, while another 627 people have been placed in home quarantine.
People in quarantine will have a dark green sticker stuck outside their houses, stating the entire duration of quarantine with start and end dates.
The recovered patients comprise five police officers from Podanur, another cop from Kuniamuthur police station and a woman from Sirumugai. While the cops were admitted to the PSG Hospitals, the woman was undergoing treatment at the ESI Hospital. They were discharged as they tested negative for the virus twice.
All the recovered patients have been advised to remain in home quarantine for another two weeks.
Now, only the 31-year-old pregnant woman and the family of three from KK Pudur are undergoing treatment. All of them are at the ESI Hospital.
Dr G Ramesh Kumar, deputy director of public health, said results of at least 160 people, whose samples were collected on Sunday and Monday, have come and none of them were tested positive for the virus. “We have collected samples from more frontline workers who are deployed in containment zones today (Tuesday).”
The district administration, meanwhile, said every person who enters the district from other districts or states through the 11 check posts would be stamped. “The stamp will mention they are in quarantine and its duration,” the deputy director of public health said. However, the focus is on quarantining people coming from Chennai.
While people from other districts have to remain in home quarantine for 14 days, those from other states have to be in quarantine for as many days in one of the quarantine facilities in the district. There are four such facilities - a lodge in Mettupalayam, a school each in Pollachi and city, and a college outside the city limits – in the district. “After the 14 days in the facility, they need to remain in home quarantine for another 14 days,” Dr Kumar said.
Since Monday, 31 people have been put in these quarantine facilities, while another 627 people have been placed in home quarantine.
People in quarantine will have a dark green sticker stuck outside their houses, stating the entire duration of quarantine with start and end dates.
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