Virus despite safety measures spooks residents

Kolkata: A resident of an apartment building on Park Street-Loudon Street crossing has tested positive for Covid-19, triggering panic in the upscale neighbourhood with showrooms and other commercial establishments in the building remaining shut throughout Monday.
The secretary of the residents’ association said they have been taking all possible precautions including separate entrances for the service staff, regular sanitisation of the premises and monitoring temperature of everyone entering the building.The entire building was again sanitised on Sunday evening.
The association has currently stopped entry of outsiders into the building and all commercial outlets on the ground floor of the building have been shut. The ten-storey building which is located a few hundred meters from the Park Street police station has several offices and sari showrooms on the ground floor.
The rise in cases in complexes despite all precautions being taken by the residents has stumped the authorities. In a list of containment zones issued by the government last week, most addresses were those of multi-storied buildings which are under a seven-day long lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus in the neighbourhood. Building associations are trying to figure out ways to prevent their residents from getting affected by the virus. They are also devising way to protect the senior citizens staying alone in these high rises.
There are about 60 apartments and 10 commercial establishments on the ground floor.