Six Asha workers infected in Bhavnagar

RAJKOT: Eighteen people inlcuding six Asha workers and a police constable tested positive for coronavirus in Bhavnagar on Monday. Of these 16 are asymptomatic patients, who did not have any of the symptoms associated with the virus infection.
With this the tally of Covid-19 infected persons rose to 74 in Bhavnagar.
The six Asha workers and the cop who tested positive were posted in the contaminant area.The Asha workers were part of the surveillance team in Bordigate area. The others who tested positive are the residents of Pakhalivad, and Vadva area.
Bhavnaar district development officer (DDO) V J Baranwal said, “We detected these cases during active community surveillance. The process of active suveillance is on and will come to know the trend in next 2-3 days as to why number of people are getting infected.”
In Botad, three people tested positive on Monday, taking the tally to 33.
Meanwhile, three women from Ahmedabad who came to Jamnagar on Sunday tested positive on Monday.
According to district administration these women were have been kept in the Samras hostel on the outskirts of the Jamnagar city.
Officials said that the women are residents of Shakti society in Isanpur area of Ahmedabad. They had valid travel passes issued by Maninagar mamlatdar. Though the permission was for three women and three children, five women were found travelling on the pass.
Jamnagar collector Ravi Shankar said, “It’s surprising how these people got pass to travel from a containment area. “