One corona positive case surfaced in Ferozepur
Ferozepur, May 24, 2020: One new case of corona positive has surfaced in Ferozepur. His sample was taken in Jammu and his report has now been received by the district administration. He is driver by profession and now a day in Gujarat and has been isolated there.
So far, Ferozepur was corona free district, when all the 44 positive cases have since been discharged on being tested negative after keeping them in isolation. Only one Corona positive person has died in the district. As of now, 1,779 Covid samples have been reported as negative while reports of 83 samples are still awaited.
The people in the district were feeling a sigh of relief with the orders for lifting the curfew and certain relaxations in lockdown 4.0 periods besides movement of buses on certain routes, though the response was poor.
The instant positive case is of a truck driver, hailing from Machhiwara village in Ferozepur, who had come to Ferozepur from Jammu on May 19, whose samples were also taken there but now the Jammu administration has informed about his positive report.
Confirming this, DC Ferozepur, Kulwant Singh said, the truck driver has been identified, who is now a day in Gujarat and has been quarantined there. Further action to trace his social contacts in the district is being taken by the teams of the health department. So far 12 people in his contact have been identified and further action for Covid tests is being taken by the health department.
Meanwhile, he once again solicited people's support to continue to follow the medical protocols as a preventive measure of maintaining social distancing, wearing of masks and staying at home, and stepping out only in emergent circumstances.