Corona positive Lawyer breaches isolation attends Court, infects 60

Bhiwani District (Haryana) has seen a sudden rise in Coronavirus cases with 108 new infections in the last 4 days. Most cases are being reported from BTM Line & DC Colony areas in the city.

So far, 87 patients have recovered & 224 are active cases in the district.

Bhiwani coordinator for Coronavirus, Dr Rajesh Kumar said nearly 60 patients from BTM Line & DC Colony areas were asymptomatic & contracted the infection from a local lawyer, who had tested positive for COVID-19 on June 12.

Dr Rajesh Kumar said that “The lawyer was told to home isolate but he moved freely despite having the infection. He even went to the court, following which his assistant also tested positive for Covid-19. Ignoring the health department guidelines, the duo moved freely in BTM Line & its adjoining DC Colony, ending up infecting close to 60 persons, mostly labourers working at the BTM mill".

The district coordinator said all these persons tested positive after sampling was conducted in the said localities after they received the input that the lawyer violated the home isolation rules.

He added that “Now, we have sent the lawyer to Bhiwani government hospital. We accept our mistake that he had not only violated the home isolation, but health department guidelines as well. We have not taken any action against the lawyer & his assistant yet. The persons who have come in contact with the patients from both the areas are being tested faster & we are making efforts to stop the spread of infection to other areas".

Rohtak has witnessed an outburst of Covid-19 cases as 97 new cases were reported in the district since June 17.

Rohtak civil surgeon Dr Anil Birla said the new cases are mostly contacts of infected patients. “After witnessing a sharp rise in infections two weeks ago, the cases are now decreasing. The district has 218 active cases of which 53 patients are hospitalised & 165 are in home isolation,” Dr Birla added.

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