JAIPUR: The health department is cautious over the migration of labourers from Gujarat to ward off risk of spread of Covid-19 in the state.
The fresh cases reported in Churu, Sirohi and Bhilwara have a Gujarat connect. The migrant labourers travelling from Gujarat’s Surat and Ahmedabad have tested positive in some districts of the state.
Textile town Bhilwara, which hogged the limelight for its ruthless containment model across the country, is once again on alert mode after four more persons tested positive for Covid-19 on May 8. They travelled from Ahmedabad.
The health authorities are alert on the people coming from Gujarat and other states. “We are keeping them in quarantine facilities and also testing them for Covid-19,” said a health department official.
A 35-year-old man from Kumharon ka Mohalla in Raipur of Bhilwara, who worked as a mason in Ahmedabad, returned on May 2 along with his wife, two sons and four other relatives. They all rode bikes from Ahmedabad and reported at the community health centre in Raipur. The doctors put them in home quarantine. After two days, he was sent to MG Hospital for Covid-19 test along with 18 others in a bus. He was tested positive on May 8.
A 22-year-old man from Goma Ji ka Badiya in Senuda Kareda area of Bhilwara also tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday. He was employed at a shop in Hariom Park Society of Ahmedabad. He returned with six other people in a car and a bike and reached Raipur of Bhilwara on May 4. He visited a community health centre in Kareda. Two days later, his samples were tested positive for Covid-19. All six people who travelled along with him from Ahmedabad and seven members of his family and the driver’s family have also been quarantined.
A 44-year-old man, a resident of Chhipa Ka Mohalla Raila of Bhilwara, who worked at a laundry in Ahmedabad, travelled by a car from Ahmedabad. He tested positive after reaching Bhilwara.
A 30-year-old woman, resident of Senuda of Bhilwara, also tested positive for Covid-19. She worked as a labourer in Ahmedabad. She reached Bhilwara on May 4 by a car.
Besides, in Sirohi, a 25-year-old person tested positive two days ago, which is the first case in the district. “He had come from Ahmedabad on May 2. He is a vegetable seller,” said a health department officer. He travelled in a bus in which 63 others had travelled. The health department officials have all the details of his co-passengers.
In Churu, too, two cases were reported after a gap of 27 days. Two persons travelled from Surat of Gujarat and reached Churu on May 5 and May 6. They were found infected with the virus.
The fresh cases reported in Churu, Sirohi and Bhilwara have a Gujarat connect. The migrant labourers travelling from Gujarat’s Surat and Ahmedabad have tested positive in some districts of the state.
Textile town Bhilwara, which hogged the limelight for its ruthless containment model across the country, is once again on alert mode after four more persons tested positive for Covid-19 on May 8. They travelled from Ahmedabad.
The health authorities are alert on the people coming from Gujarat and other states. “We are keeping them in quarantine facilities and also testing them for Covid-19,” said a health department official.
A 35-year-old man from Kumharon ka Mohalla in Raipur of Bhilwara, who worked as a mason in Ahmedabad, returned on May 2 along with his wife, two sons and four other relatives. They all rode bikes from Ahmedabad and reported at the community health centre in Raipur. The doctors put them in home quarantine. After two days, he was sent to MG Hospital for Covid-19 test along with 18 others in a bus. He was tested positive on May 8.
A 22-year-old man from Goma Ji ka Badiya in Senuda Kareda area of Bhilwara also tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday. He was employed at a shop in Hariom Park Society of Ahmedabad. He returned with six other people in a car and a bike and reached Raipur of Bhilwara on May 4. He visited a community health centre in Kareda. Two days later, his samples were tested positive for Covid-19. All six people who travelled along with him from Ahmedabad and seven members of his family and the driver’s family have also been quarantined.
A 44-year-old man, a resident of Chhipa Ka Mohalla Raila of Bhilwara, who worked at a laundry in Ahmedabad, travelled by a car from Ahmedabad. He tested positive after reaching Bhilwara.
A 30-year-old woman, resident of Senuda of Bhilwara, also tested positive for Covid-19. She worked as a labourer in Ahmedabad. She reached Bhilwara on May 4 by a car.
Besides, in Sirohi, a 25-year-old person tested positive two days ago, which is the first case in the district. “He had come from Ahmedabad on May 2. He is a vegetable seller,” said a health department officer. He travelled in a bus in which 63 others had travelled. The health department officials have all the details of his co-passengers.
In Churu, too, two cases were reported after a gap of 27 days. Two persons travelled from Surat of Gujarat and reached Churu on May 5 and May 6. They were found infected with the virus.
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