Six villages declared micro-containment zones in Anantnag, Kashmir

The villages include Sirhama in Srigufwara; Hiller in Kokernag; K Kalan and Khiram in Srigufwara; Marhma in Bijbehara and Ranipora in Shangus.

Any location with five to 15 covid19 positive cases is being declared as a micro containment zone.

The containment zones were declared by District Magistrate Anantnag, Piyush Singla, as per the powers vested upon him under District Disaster Management Act (DDMA) 2005 under Section 144 CrPC.

The entry and exit in the containment area remain temporarily restricted.

“As a number of cases have been reported from these areas and there is every apprehension that the COVID-19 positive cases might have met number of persons in their areas. So, in order to prevent further transmission it has become imperative to take stringent measures,” read the order.

There should be restrictions on the movement of persons and the inhabitants shall stay at their homes, it said.

“Executive Officers should sanitise the areas per the establishment of Covid-19  protocols,” it added.

Block Medical Officers (BMOs) under the supervision of Chief  Medical Officer (CMO) Anantnag should thoroughly conduct the contact tracing, the District Magistrate Anantnag said.

“BMOs should also ensure home quarantine of COVID-19 positive patients, screening a regular health check-up of the inhabitants,” he said.

It said that the administrators and the supporting magistrates of the respective  containment zones in consultation with concerned BMO should ensure 100  testing and sampling with 50 percent RTPCR of households.