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AHMEDABAD, APRIL 6
A Good Samaritan, 55-year-old businessman, from Ahmedabad who was helping the lockdown-affected, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, health officials said on Monday.
આજ રોજ 'ચરોતર ટોબેકો એસોસિએશન' તરફથી સિવિલ હોસ્પિટલ,નડિયાદ ને પોર્ટેબલ વેન્ટીલેટર અર્પણ કરવામાં આવ્યું, જે બદલ એસોસિએશનના તમામ દાતા સભ્યશ્રીઓનો આભાર વ્યક્ત કરવામાં આવે છે. pic.twitter.com/yRvEuU0wUk
— DEO & Collector Kheda (@collectorkheda) April 4, 2020
However, since the Maninagar resident was not involved in personally distributing food packets, there was no possibility of anyone else getting infected due to him, Tejas Shah, Deputy Health Officer (South Zone), Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said.
Visited ESIC Hospital Ankleshwar to review preparedness for #COVID2019 @pkumarias @MoHFW_GUJARAT @CMOGuj pic.twitter.com/mPS8A5pIHS
— Collector & DM Bharuch (@CollectorBharch) April 5, 2020
“The financier, who tested positive on Sunday, was supplying free meals to people affected by the lockdown. He had outsourced work of preparing the meals to a professional cook. He had hired men to distribute the food as well,” he said.
માન.મંત્રીશ્રી આર.સી.ફળદુ તથા માન.સંસદસભ્યશ્રી પૂનમબેન માડમએ નોવેલ કોરોના વાઈરસની પરિસ્થિતિમાં કરવામાં આવેલ લોકડાઉનને કારણે શ્રમિકો તથા જરુરીયાતમંદો માટેની રાશનકીટ તૈયાર કરવાની કામગીરીની મુલાકાત લીધી.@pkumarias @CMOGuj @MoHFW_GUJARAT @PS_HFWD_GUJ @JpShivahare pic.twitter.com/sGuqoxDhrJ
— Collector Jamnagar (@CollectorJamngr) April 4, 2020
The source of infection is unknown since the man was at home for long and has no travel history, officials said.
“After he tested positive, 13 persons, including family members, have been quarantined,” Shah said.
Infant of labourer couple with no travel history on ventilator after contracting coronavirus
નોવેલ કોરોના વાઈરસ (Covid-19) અન્વયે જામનગર જિલ્લામાં આજરોજ પ્રથમ પોઝીટીવ કેસ નોંધાતા સંબંધિત વહીવટી/ પોલીસ/ આરોગ્યને લગત તમામ અધિકારીશ્રીઓ સાથે બેઠક યોજી, જરુરી સૂચનાઓ આપી. @pkumarias @CMOGuj @MoHFW_GUJARAT @PS_HFWD_GUJ @JpShivahare pic.twitter.com/UBDZTgphFI
— Collector Jamnagar (@CollectorJamngr) April 5, 2020
A 14-month-old boy with no travel history has tested positive for coronavirus in Jamnagar district, sending the health officials into overdrive to find out where the child contracted the deadly disease.
The child, whose test came out positive on Sunday, is on ventilator support and the locality where his labourer parents reside in Dared village has been put under complete lockdown to check the spread of the virus, officials said.
ભારત સરકારના કેબિનેટ સેક્રેટરીશ્રીની અધ્યક્ષતામાં નોવેલ કોરોના વાઈરસ અન્વયે ધ્યાનમાં રાખવાની તમામ બાબતો/ સૂચનો તથા તૈયારીઓ બાબતે યોજાયેલ વિડીયો કોન્ફરન્સમાં હાજરી આપી.@pkumarias @CMOGuj @MoHFW_GUJARAT @PS_HFWD_GUJ @JpShivahare pic.twitter.com/5VM9i2oDG0
— Collector Jamnagar (@CollectorJamngr) April 5, 2020
This is also the first case of coronavirus infection in Jamnagar district.
The health administration now has undertaken the task to trace the source of infection to the child.
Since the child’s parents are casual labourers with no recent travel history, health officials are yet to find out the exact source of infection, Jamnagar Collector Ravi Shankar said.
“The child is the son of a labourer couple hailing from Uttar Pradesh. They live in Dared industrial area on the outskirts of Jamnagar city and work in factories as casual labourers. They have not gone out of the area since long. Yet, their 14-month-old son got the coronavirus infection,” the collector said.
He was brought to a government hospital on Saturday by his parents after his health condition started deteriorating.
He tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, Shankar said.
“The boy is undergoing treatment. His parents are asymptomatic, but as a precautionary measure, we have quarantined them,” he said.
The child is currently on ventilator support, state principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi said.
The labourers’ colony in Dared village has been put under total lockdown to contain the spread of the virus, the collector added.
