Hubballi: About 100 families in the
Rangawadi, a small street in
Gadag where four
Covid-19 cases were reported, have been
shifted to a quarantine facility.
The district administration’s decision – claimed by officials as the first of its kind exercise in the state -- is aimed at
curbing the spread of coronavirus.
All the cases reported in the district are from the same locality. An 80-year-old woman died while availing treatment at
Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences, and three others are being treated at an
isolation ward of the hospital.
The
contact tracing of the first patient did not yield any result. The authorities were busy tracing the
primary and secondary contacts of the deceased after which three more cases came to the fore, leaving little breathing room for the district administration.
Gadag deputy commissioner M G Hiremath said, “There were many primary and secondary contacts of those who contracted the disease at Ranganwadi. Hence, we decided to quarantine every one living in the area to a government facility and send their
throat swab samples to the laboratory. This was the only way to contain the disease. They have been quarantined since Monday. At one go, we sent 104 samples for testing, after which 76 more samples were sent. A total of 180 samples were sent for testing of residents from Ranganwadi. We have received
test results of almost all the samples sent, which have
tested negative for Covid-19, and a few reports are yet to come.”