Six wards turn containment zones in Kattakkada

Thiruvananthapuram: District collector Navjot Khosa declared six gram panchayat wards in Kattakkada 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 lockdown measures shall continue until further orders in the panchayats declared as containment zones.
The panchayat wards 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 measures 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.
District medical officer will oversee the health activities planned. DMO has been directed to furnish a daily progress report to the collector by 6pm every day.
According to the 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 effective containment.
Although serious efforts are being made to find out the source of the infection, no epidemiological link, including confirmed travel history or contact with known Covid positive patients, could be established till date in the case of the Asha worker who has been tested positive. More than 500 contacts have been sent to home isolation. These contacts are not confined to any particular area and is spread over six wards in Kattakkada panchayat.