Two found infected in Banaskantha district

Palanpur: Banaskantha joined the list of districts with positive coronavirus cases on Monday with a five-year-old boy and a 50-year-old man found infected.
The boy Mahik Vadadliya from Mithavi Charan village that is close to India-Pakistan border in Vav taluka was taken to Deesa from where he was referred to Palanpur Civil Hosptial. His family had returned from Surat on March 24 and they were home quarantined on April 7.
All family members and about 30 people with whom the boy came in contact with have been quarantined.The district administration have sealed all the villages within the radius of 8km of Mithavi Charan and intensive health surveillance is on, chief district health officer, Manish Fancy.
The 50-year-old man who tested positive was identified as Soma Parmar from Gathaman village, 10 km from Palanpur. His case came to light during the random health examination of people above 50 years old undertaken in the village. Some natives of Gathaman had returned fro Mumbai recently and Parmar’s daughter Savita worked as maid at their house. The total number of cases in north Gujarat has spiked to 19 now.
Meanwhile, a man was booked for violating home quarantine in Samepura locality iof Palanpur. Sayabhai Babi Ali, whose quarantine period was to end at 11pm on Sunday, was not found at his house during a check. He had returned from Mumbai on April 1.