This story is from January 26, 2022

Kolkata: Covid combat focus on Ballygunge with 5 containment zones

The Covid combat team has now shifted its focus on Ballygunge and adjacent neighbourhoods, which now have five of the city’s nine micro-containment zones.
Kolkata: Covid combat focus on Ballygunge with 5 containment zones
Cops from local police station have been asked to keep a vigil on movements of residents.
KOLKATA: The Covid combat team has now shifted its focus on Ballygunge and adjacent neighbourhoods, which now have five of the city’s nine micro-containment zones.
After being on the containment lists in the first two waves, the Ballygunge area—falling under wards 65 and 69—is back under watch again. The new containment list drawn up on January 24 name Bright Street, Iron Side Road, Ballygunge Park, Ballygunge Circular Road and Gurusaday Road apart from Southern Avenue, Tangra and Middleton Street.
All the Ballygunge addresses reported fresh cases on January 18 or 19.
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The focus should now be on the areas that still seem to have a larger share of cases. We should get the number of cases as low as possible and as soon as possible; it will help open up the economy even more.


“While cops from local police station have been asked to keep a vigil on movements of residents of high-rises and apartments, KMC tele-callers have regularly been keeping in touch with families of the affected. We have assured the families we will send our team for swab collection of the aged and infirm,” said a KMC health official.
But unlike the previous times, the combined efforts of the residents, cops and KMC officials are bringing the number of cases down.Different steps have been taken, including strict testing, naka checking and a host of entry rules for outsiders. Govind Saraf, secretary of residents’ association of Park Towers, which has come out of containment list, said, “We extended our support to KMC-KP team that led to removal of the containment tag from our building.”

Police and KMC sources said there were a couple of reasons for bringing the complexes under containment, despite not being in congested areas. “We are considering all addresses next to each other and with more than five cases. But we have asked police to set up just one guard rail near the entrance and we will extend any help required,” said Sandip Ranjan Bakshi, Borough VIII councillor. Sources said another reason was to keep the virus from spreading among the domestic help who go back to their homes outside the city. “If we contract the virus, we might spread it if we do not get tested on time,” said Soma Laha, a retired CU professor.
“KMC tele-callers contacted us daily. Police also asked us about our test updates,” said Chandra Chatterjee, another retired professor.
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