Chandigarh: The Sonipat district administration launched a massive contact tracing campaign after 75 workers at two popular restaurants in Murthal tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said Friday. Sonipat Deputy Commissioner Shyam Lal Punia said that sampling work has also started in other restaurants.
Sixty-five workers at Amrik-Sukhdev dhaba and 10 at Garam Dharam dhaba tested positive for coronavirus, after which both restaurants were sealed off on Thursday pending further orders, he told the media. Both restaurants are located in Sonipat’s Murthal and almost 50 km from Delhi.
Murthal is known for its restaurants that dot a stretch on both sides of the Ambala-Delhi National Highway. People are seen passing by the famous “parathas” and other delicacies. The DC said that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, all restaurants had already been instructed to keep a log to record the number of visitors and their contact details.
“On the basis of these, we are trying to contact as many people as possible who have eaten food in these two dhabas in the last few days,” he said. Sonipat Medical Director Dr JS Punia said that most of those infected in Sukhdev dhaba were workers who had recently arrived from Bihar.
“They all live in a colony near Dhaba and we are tracking and testing all their local contacts. Furthermore, we have also informed the Bihar health authorities about this and since the infected people could have come into contact with many there as well, ”said the CMO.
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