13 containment zones in Gopalganj

PATNA: The Gopalganj district administration declared more containment zones to intensify surveillance and contact tracing after six persons were tested Covid-19 positive on Wednesday, taking the total number to 18.
Altogether 13 areas were declared as containment zones which have been completely sealed by the district administration which falls in seven blocks including Bhore, Thave, Sadar, Venkutpur, Manjha, Phulwaria and Panchdeoria.Most of the positive cases are from Panchdeoria and Bhore.
The district administration with the help of health staff, Asha workers and teams of polio micro plan will conduct door-to-door screening in containment zone as well as villages touching Siwan and Uttar Pradesh border. The screening will start from May 1.
Gopalganj DM Arshad Aziz said, “Over 3.5 lakh households were covered in the first round of door-to-door screening against the targetted 3.65 lakh households. About 22 lakh people were screened in seven starting from April 16. Now, the homes that we missed out would be covered in the second round from May 1.”
“All shops and other establishments in containment zone will remain shut. However, people will be provided with essential supplies by the district administration,” the DM said.
The civic body has started disinfectant drive using sodium hypochlorite in 3km radius of containment zones and strict vigil is being maintained in and around the hotspot areas also.
Civil surgeon Dr TN Singh said that results of 10 samples were tested negative on Wednesday, which were collected from family members of positive cases. “Results of around 229 samples are awaited, of which 200 has been collected during home screening of suspected cases,” Singh said.