A 100-year-old man has died in a quarantine centre in Udhampur district of Jammu, but his COVID-19 test report has come negative, a senior government official said on Sunday.
The man and his brother were shifted to a quarantinefacility a few days ago as a precautionary measure after it came to light thatthey had come in contact with a person in Magheni village who had testedpositive for coronavirus, said District Development Commissioner, UdhampurPiyush Singla.
“He breathed his last on Saturday night and his body wassubsequently shifted to the district hospital according to protocol since histest report was awaited. The report was received on Sunday morning and it camenegative,” he told PTI.
Jammu and Kashmir has so far recorded two coronavirus deaths,while 90 people – 69 in Kashmir and 21 in Jammu – have tested positive. Threepatients have recovered and have been discharged from the hospitals.
“The man was asymptomatic and was shifted to one of thebest available quarantine facilities given his age and close contact with thepositive case. He did not have any major health problem except old-age relatedissues,” Singla said.
Three persons from Narsoo village in Udhampur testedpositive for coronavirus on Saturday. Following this, the district magistratedeclared Narsoo and Chunti villages as red zones and their surrounding villagesas buffer zones.
“There shall be no inward or outward movement of anyperson from these villages and people shall stay at their homes. There shall becomplete lockdown. That there shall be no vehicular movement on internal lanesor roads connecting these villages,” Singla said in an order and warned ofstern action against violators.He also directed the officers concerned toensure supply of essential commodities to the villages in accordance to theprotocols.