A lady doctor who is the wife of an already infected doctor has tested positive for Covid19 alongwith her father-in-law and their domestic help. They have been shifted to the Isolation Ward of Jammu’s Government Medical College and Hospital.
“Wife of the infected doctor – also a doctor, his father(retired SSP of J&K Police) and their servant have tested positive. Hismother has tested negative,” said Medical Superintendent GMC Jammu, Dara Singh.
Singh said that two more persons from Udhampur have beenshifted to Isolation ward after they tested positive.
The family members have contracted infection from thedoctor, who was part of sample collection team of microbiology department ofthe hospital, according to the officials.
Meanwhile, the authorities have shifted staff members of thePrimary Health Center where the lady doctor works. “A shopkeeper and ASHAworker are among the people who were shifted to the quarantine center forobservation as preventive measure,” said the officials.
RAMNAGAR TOWN, SIX VILLAGES DECLARED RED ZONES AS 6 POSITIVE CASES SURFACE:
District Magistrate Udhampur, Dr Piyush Singla, has declaredsix villages and Ramnagar town as ‘Red Zone’ to contain spreads of COVID19,strictly imposing lockdown in the hilly tehsil in view of six positive cases.
Already some villages in Jib and Rehambal have been declaredas Red Zones and the entry and exit from these villages has been banned.
As per the order, the DM Udhampur has declared villages ofRamnagar tehsil like Thapalal, Kannals, Marta (Mora Bassi), Dalsar, Kheen,Kimoo and Ramnagar town including Sukh Tala as “Red Zones for COVID19.”
He declared surrounding villages as as buffer zones.