No more active Covid-19 cases in SBS Nagar

Punjab superspreader Baldev Singh’s 16-year-old grandson was the last to be discharged

CONTAINING THE VIRUS All 18 infected people cured and discharged from hospital; DC to write to state govt to scale down containment operations in dist that has not reported any fresh case since March 26

The 19 cases reported in the district included, 14 of Baldev’s family members, Pathala village sarpanch and his mother, two associates of Baldev Singh, who had also returned from Germany. (HT FILE PHOTO)

With the recovery of the grandson of 70-year-old preacher Baldev Singh, all 18 patients diagnosed with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) have recovered in Punjab’s first hotspot Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar. With this SBS Nagar has become the first district in Punjab where all Covid-19 patients have recovered.

The 16-year-old, who was the last active coronavirus case, was discharged from the local civil hospital on Wednesday. All 14 family members of Punjab’s superspreader Baldev Singh have recovered from the deadly infection.

SBS Nagar MLA Angad Singh and official of the district administration, including the DC and SSP Alka Meena, presented the boy with flowers. All civil and police personnel clapped for the medical staff for a minute for their contribution against the novel coronavirus.

The district had reported 19 positive cases, including one death, between March 19-26. Meanwhile, the district has not witnessed a single positive case since March 26.

As many as 15 villages, including Pathlawa, in the district have remained sealed since March 25.

SBS Nagar deputy commissioner Vinay Bublani credited the joint efforts of the civil, police and health department for the district’s success.

“I would like to thank all resident of SBS Nagar district, especially those staying in the containment zone, who supported and cooperated with the administration,” said Bublani, adding that the officials had not become complacent and are aware that the war against the coronavirus was still on.

Punjab’s first coronavirus victim preacher, Baldev Singh, had returned from Germany via Italy on March 7 and had passed away due to a cardiac arrest on March 18. He had posthumously tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The 19 cases reported in the district included, 14 of Baldev’s family members, Pathala village sarpanch and his mother, two associates of Baldev Singh, who had also returned from Germany. The patients were two to 78 years of age.

Deputy commissioner Vinay Bublani said he will on Thursday write to the state government to scale down the containment operations in SBS Nagar as no positive case has been reported in the district since March 26. He said 15 villages in the Banga sub-division of the district will remained sealed for next 28 days as per the Covid-19 norms.

According to the Union health ministry’s updated containment plan for large outbreaks Covid-19, a containment operation (large outbreak or cluster) is deemed to be over 28 days from the date the last case in that zone tests negative.

Embeded

4 MUMBAI MEN RECOVER,

NO ACTIVE CASE IN MOGA

Parteek Singh Mahal

parteek.singh@htlive.com

MOGA

With the recovery of all four infected people, there is no more active coronavirus case in Moga district.

The four residents of Andheri in Mumbai, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on April 7, were declared cured on Wednesday. Moga civil surgeon Dr Andesh Kang said that there is no active Covid-19 case in the district as all the four Covid-19 positive patients were tested negative for the second time according to the report received from VRDL lab at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital at Faridkot. “They will be discharged from the isolation ward of civil hospital on Thursday,” she added.

A group of twelve residents of Maharashtra had reached Cheeda village on March 22 and stayed at a mosque, where they were quarantined on April 5. Later, four of them were tested positive.

Deputy commissioner Sandeep Hans said: “We have been successful to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the district. He appealed the people to follow the instructions and support the administration to keep Moga Covid-19-free.

Meanwhile, the condition of the second Covid-19 positive patient has not improved as his recent sample has tested positive again. The 53-year-old Faridkot resident tested positive for the Covid-19 on April 8 and was admitted to the isolation ward of the GGSMCH.