Goa designates its first Covid-19 containment zone as Unlock 1 gets underway

The Goa authorities  on Monday designated the primary state’s  containment zone in Mangor Hill — a locality within the port city of Vasco da Gama after a person and his spouse examined positive for Covid-19 on the primary day of Unlock 1 

Health Secretary Nila Mohanan advised reporters that  the method of investigating the journey historical past and speak to tracing was on.

“These are two residents members of a family from Mangor Hill in Vasco. They have confirmed positive in our RT-PCR test as well so we are now doing very concentrated contact tracing and taking all efforts to see what are the links and what are the possible contacts. Our investigations are going on ,“  Mohanan said. 

“We are still trying to trace their contacts but as of now we have not been able to establish a clear travel history link,” she mentioned.

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Their three sons, a daughter-in-law and the physician who referred the sufferers to the Goa Medical College and Hospital who’ve been recognized as major contacts, are below focus. .

The duo have been admitted to hospital complaining of breathlessness following which  assessments have been carried out.

“Because Mangor Hills is a very tightly packed area we have also taken a decision to declare Mangor Hill in Vasco as a containment zone. We will ensure that we do comprehensive testing of the residents of Mangor Hill and we want to ensure that we do that very comprehensively putting in all our efforts that is why we have decided to declare Mangor Hill in Vasco as a containment zone,” Mohanan added.

As per protocol, the State Health Department has arrange a containment zone at Mangor Hill with the residence of the household because the centre of the zone.

“We will have the most extensive and immediate testing (in areas) next to their residence — then slowly we will be expanding that circle outwards. So our target is to test as quickly as possible as many as possible in that containment zone. But our primary focus will be the immediate vicinity of where this family resides,” Mohanan mentioned.

Prior to Monday, all individuals discovered positive within the state have been those that had travelled from exterior the state. This is the primary occasion of an individual and not using a clear journey historical past who has been discovered positive.

Health authorities have, nonetheless, sought to assuage fears.

“There is no need for fear in the minds of any members of the public, even those who are residing in Mangor Hill. We have taken this step as declaring Mangor Hill as a containment zone as a measure of abundant caution,” Mohanan mentioned.

The two new instances  got here at a time when Goa was gearing as much as grant additional relaxations as a part of the reopening of financial exercise together with the reopening of eating places, malls and gymnasia and permitting of non secular companies.

Goa’s Covid-19 tally has now climbed to 73  with 29 lively instances.