Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 25

To break the chain of coronavirus transmission, the UT Administration today declared 28 more micro-containment zones in the city.

District Magistrate Mandip Singh Brar said the outbreak of Covid-19 was examined by a committee and a considered view emerged that the affected areas be declared as containment zones.

Brar said regular screening and monitoring of the areas would continue and frequent sanitisation of the areas would be conducted. Residents have been advised to strictly maintain social distancing norms, wear masks and follow hand hygiene, he said.

The affected areas declared as micro-containment zones are in parts of Sector 7, 21, 22, 24, 26, 29, 32, 39, 40, 46, 49 and 52, Khuda Ali Sher, small flats at Dhanas, Maloya, Daria, New Darshani Bag, Vikas Nagar, Mauli Jagran, and Kishangarh.