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Two caretakers of elderly Covid-19 positive Chandigarh woman test negative, kin’s reports awaited
Reports of eight family members and two other caretakers from Panchkula are awaited
Two days after an 82-year-old woman from Sector 18, Chandigarh, tested positive for Covid-19, test reports of two of her caretakers came back negative, on Wednesday. She was currently living in Sector 12, Panchkula, at a house owned by her son.
Meanwhile, reports of eight family members and two other caretakers are awaited.
Panchkula civil surgeon Dr Jasjeet Kaur said, “Two of the caretakers, who were prime contacts of the elderly woman, tested negative. Samples of four caretakers and eight family members were taken for testing. Reports of others are awaited.”
The woman was admitted to a private hospital in Panchkula after being sampled at the civil hospital.
Panchkula deputy commissioner (DC) Mukesh Kumar Ahuja said samples of 20 staffers of the private hospital where she was admitted were also taken, and they have been quarantined
School declared containment zone
The DC declared a private school in Sector 12, where the woman’ s son lives a containment area, on Wednesday.
He added that she had come to meet her son on April 14 and wasn’t in Panchkula prior to that.
The DC said duties have been assigned to officials to ensure supply of essential services to the residents of the sector.
The MC has also been directed to sanitise the locality and ensure disposal of solid waste. “Orders have been issued to restrict movement in the containment and nearby areas with checkposts,” he added.
No fresh cases reported
Meanwhile, no fresh case was reported in Panchkula on Wednesday and the district count stood at 18.
The district health department teams have initiated a door-to-door survey of families in sectors and are preparing records of the people living in each house, including the medical history of elderly people.
