COVID-19: 3 new containment, buffer zones come up in Hailakandi

HAILAKANDI: Following the detection of new COVID-19 positive cases under home quarantine in the district on Thursday, three more containment zones have been declared by the district administration to arrest the spread of COVID-19.

In separate orders issued to this effect on Thursday evening, District Magistrate, Megh Nidhi Dahal asked Superintendent of Police, Pabindra Kumar Nath to seal all exit and entry points of containment zones along with buffer zones viz., Appin Part II under Katlicherra revenue circle, Koya tea estate, Junglee Tilla under Lala circle and Pakua Punjee, Charibag (West) under Katlicherra revenue circle with immediate effect until further orders.

Of the five infected persons under home quarantine, three have been shifted to the Silchar Medical College and Hospital last evening. Minor boy Rohit Nath, aged only 2 and his mother Sudipta Nath, 21, and another minor girl Ayesha Begum Laskar, aged only 2, have been admitted at SMC&H while husband-wife duo Sujit Hazra, 26, and Bharti Hazra, 19, at the SK Roy designated COVID-19 Civil Hospital here. 14 more fresh COVID-19 novel coronavirus cases were detected in Hailakandi on Thursday, taking the total tally to 170. Health authorities here disclosed that Muna Das, 27, Rohit Nath, 2, Gautam Tantri Paul, 23, Atiqur Rohman Barbhuiya 23, Porimol Ray, 49, Rahuluddin Choudhury, 19, Mohibur Rahman Laskar, 19, Ayesha Begum, 2, Sujit Hazra, 26, Ripon Ahmad Mazarbhuiya, 20, Kabir Hussain, 23, Bharti Hazra, 19, Sudipta Nath, 21 and Zakir Hussain Laskar, 19, have all tested positive. Barring two from Thane, Maharashtra, the rest have travel history to Bangalore.

Of the 14 infected persons, three were under institutional quarantine at SC Dey College, four at Polytechnic Institute and two at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya while five persons were under home quarantine. Except three, the rest of the infected patients have been admitted at isolation wards of designated COVID-19 hospital here last evening.

Of the swab samples tested on Thursday, 355 turned out to be negative while 14 tested positive. 75 patients on being cured have been discharged from the civil hospital in Hailakandi, SMC&H, Silchar and Guwahati Medical College and Hospital. There are currently 93 active cases. Two persons succumbed to the disease.

47 infected persons are undergoing treatment at the SK Roy designated COVID-19 Civil Hospital, 24 at the Mahatma Gandhi Model Hospital in Hailakandi, 21 at the SMC&H and one at the Kalapahar designated COVID-19 Hospital in Guwahati. Of the 4,078 swab samples taken, 3,517 turned out to be negative as per health bulletin released on Thursday evening. Results of 333 swab samples are awaited.

Altogether 1,327 persons are under facility quarantine centre and 1,756 under home quarantine. 343 persons arrived by several buses from Guwahati on Thursday at Dholeswari Inbound Passenger Facilitation Centre where screening and swab samples were collected. A total of 3,399 persons arrived in the district from different parts of the country since unlock Phase 0.1.

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