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The total number of Covid-19 cases came to 11,088 Wednesday, with 534 new cases added to the list.
NEW DELHI: After a gap of more than three weeks, the Delhi government on Wednesday created two new containment areas taking the total number of sealing areas 78. The last area of contention, Shaheen Bagh, in the south-East of the district, was created on the 28th of April. In addition, the government of sealing two zones, Shahjanabad and Dinpur, in the Southwest district.
The new containment areas, including parts of Zamroodpur and Dakshinpuri after “several cases” of Covid-19 emerged in the areas. The district authorities sealed the street with the house numbers 64C to 90C in Zamroodpur village, and the lane with the house numbers from 306 to 379 in Dakshinpuri, F-Block.
“Taking into account the high risk of transmission, in the midst of dense groups of population, becomes relevant to implement strict control of the perimeter on the matter in order to prevent the spread of the pollution,” the order of the government of reading.
The total number of Covid-19 cases came to 11,088 Wednesday, with 534 new cases added to the list.
Interestingly, the Delhi government’s health department on Tuesday had written to all district magistrates, pointing out that while the new coronavirus cases were on the rise, the number of areas of contention had come down. The number of the sealed areas had reached 100 when there were only 3,314 cases. Despite the fact that the number of Covid-19 cases have increased by more than 7,000 in the past three weeks, the containment of the zones have been reduced to 25.
The secretary of health, Padmini Singla on Tuesday had asked the district judges carefully through the list of new positive cases and create zones of containment.
According to the guidelines issued by the department of health, the containment of the zones were supposed to be declared based on the number of cases, their contacts, and the geographical dispersion. In Delhi, areas that have three or more of the cases have to be declared buffer zones. Previously, the DMs sealing areas where only one of the cases was found.
A senior official said that going by the previous policy, many more areas that should have been sealed by now. “While going through the data of Covid-19 infection, we observed that between 300 and 400 cases that were added daily, but the declaration of equivalent containment areas DMs was not happening. The guidelines are clear to declare an area a zone of containment where three or more Covid-19 positive cases were found in close proximity,” read the order.
With the government giving massive relaxations in the blockade and allow for multiple activities, including the opening of markets and plying of public transport, the officials accepted that the importance of the containment of the areas had increased significantly.
Containment zones are fully-sealed and door to door delivery of only the essential products is allowed. Barricades are placed at the entry and exit points and police deployed to ensure total blockage. A comprehensive disinfection and evaluation that is carried out to ensure that the virus does not spread out.
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