Only Government Employees, Medical Emergencies and Govt Approved Activities To Be Allowed
Anyone Entering into District From Outside Would Be Quarantined For 14 Days In Case of Stay
DC Vinay Bublani Holds Meeting With SDMs to Implement Ban Effectively
Rajnish Sareen
Nawanshahr, April 26,2020 : Dsitrict Magistrate Vinay Bublani today ordered ban on the entry of all outsiders to the district completely barring governement employees, medical emergencies and government approved activities.
He also directed for strict compliance of quarantine of outsiders in case of latter’s stay in district besides making it compulsary for residents of district who have been issued passes for driving essential goods supply to other districts and states after their return to district.
Mr Bublani said though district had already ordered for outsiders to inform their whereabouts at entry nakas and nearby police stations besides reporting to CDPOs of their area to get quarantine for 14 days in their homes, if they have no symptoms of COVID.
Taking the strict view of the Boothgarh incident of previous day, while holding a meeting of SDMs, Deputy Commissioner asked them to make it mandatory for every resident of their sub divison who go outside for essential goods’s supply or due to any other reason to other district or states.
He said that three more villages Manewal, Lohgarh and Tej Plana, adjacent to the Boothgarh, have been contained yesterday evening and supply of essential goods and vegetables have been continued through cooperative society of nearby village Mutton and Market Committee Balachaur respectively.
A total of 58 contacts of COVID Positive patient have been tested so far and results are awaited, said Deputy Commissioner. Civil Surgeon Dr. Rajinder Bhatia added that as many as 691 samples have been collected so far. Out of these 544 tested negative while positive cases increase to 20 in district in total. Out of these 18 have been cured and one undergoing treatment at District Hospital Nawanshahr.
Deputy Commissioner while making appeal to the residents said that if they see any person in their vicinity with symptoms of COVID or find them new entrant from outside or retured back from other district or state them immediately report at district control room numbers;01823-227470, 227471, 227473, 227474, 227476, 227478, 227479 and 227480.
He said that anybody desirous to go on essential supply duty would be allowed by concerned SDM . Only one helper would be allowed to accompany. The concerned person would have to undergo Quarantine period after coming back from duty, he added.