Kerala: Six wards declared as containment zones in Kattakada

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: District collector Navjot Khosa declared six gram panchayat wards in Kattakada as containment zones on Monday after a health worker was tested positive for Covid-19 in the panchayat on Sunday.
As per the proceedings issued by district disaster management authority, existing lockdown relaxations shall not be applied and strict lock down measures shall continue until further orders in the panchayats declared as containment zones.
The panchayats include Thoongampara, Ponnara, Ettiruthy, Killy, Kavinpuram and Kollode.
The public exams in the schools will be allowed to continue as per the schedule of the government, however strict social distancing and other containment measure will be ensured. The school authorities will provide separate rooms for those students who hail from families having a quarantined person. Only essential activities will be allowed in containment zones. The movement of persons in or out of the zones will not be permitted except for medical emergencies, maintaining supply of essential goods and services and to attend public exam.
The Incident Commanders of the respective taluk shall ensure strict containment activities are being contemplated as per Government instructions. Five police have been directed to ensure the guidelines issued by Government of India and Government of Kerala. District Medical Officer will oversee the health activities planned. DMO has been diretced to furnish a daily progress report to collector by 6pm every day.
According to district collector more than 60 live cases are being treated in various hospitals in the district as on Monday and epidemiological investigation has been carried out in each case and their primary and secondary contacts have been traced for the effective containment.
Although serious efforts are being made to find out the source of the infection, no epidemiological link, like confirmed travel history or contact with known Covid positive patients could be established till date in the case of ASHA worker who has been tested positive. The contact tracing is being conducted and more than 500 contacts have been identified so far and sent to home isolation. These contacts are not confined to any particular area and is spread over six wards in Kattakakda Panchayath. District Medical Officer has recommended to declare containment zones in the six wards from 16 to 21 in Kattakada Grama Panchayath.