Ajmer admn on its toes after spurt in cases among returnees

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Ajmer: With increasing cases of migrant labourers testing positive after their return from other states, the district administration is putting all efforts to control the spread in rural areas.

In the last 10 days, over 40 positive cases have been reported from different villages of the district.

The infected people had returned from Maharashtra, Gujarat and other South Indian states.

The district administration has now started random sampling. On Saturday, samples of sub-divisional officer Devika Tomar were also taken as she was continuously working at quarantine centres and managing migrant labourers for the last 10 days.

Kishangarh, Arai Bhawata, Nasirabad and Jaswantpura have also reported cases among returning migrants. “We have made quarantine centres at every block and panchayat-level. We are monitoring every person entering the villages,” said Gaurav Agwaral, ADA commissioner and district nodal officer for quarantine centres.

In Bhawata, a labourer returned from Maharashtra and came in contact with his family. Later, his 9-year-old daughter was found positive. Official sources said in the next 10 days, thousands of labourers from different states are expected to return to their homes and therefore it is important to keep vigilance.

In the last four days, three women from Rahaman Keda, Pisanghan, and Leswa village were found positive while four men from Pushkar, Jaswantpura, Pisanghan and Leswa tested positive.

Meanwhile, a 45-year-old man died in JLN Hospital on Friday night. He was not tested for coronavirus and therefore his body is kept for autopsy. The man was admitted to JLN Hospital on May 18.

The Covid-19 centre of Ajmer on Saturday issued a statement saying that there are 145 suspected patients admitted in the hospital and 43 active patients.