Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Apr 27: Following the detection of two coronavirus-positive cases, residents of Kulshekar in the city on Monday April 27, the district administration has declared specific area of Kakkebettu, Shaktinagara, Padavu village, in the taluk as a containment zone.
Deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh on Monday, April 27, issued an order declaring Kakkebettu as an active containment zone after patients P-506 & P-507 tested positive for the virus.
The order states that the containment zone includes 22 houses, four shops, one office and a total population of 120 people.
Also, a buffer zone of an area of five km around the containment zone has been created, with Vamanjoor junction marking its east boundary, Urwa Market its west boundary, Padavinangady in the north boundary and Bunts Hostel Junction marking its south boundary.
There are 4,800 houses in the buffer zone, and 1.350 shops and offices, covering a population of 73,000 people.
For effective implementation of coronavirus control measures, commissioner, Mangaluru City Corporation has been appointed incident commander who will be in-charge of the containment zone, the order stated.
The administration has already declared seven other areas in the district as containment zones. These are Sajipanadu and Thumbe in Bantwal, Janata colony in Karaya of Beltangady, Smart planet apartment in Thokkottu, Sampya Mane in Puttur, Uppinangady in Puttur and Ajjavara in Sullia. On April 23, areas around First Neuro Hospital, Padil were also declared as such.
The lady who tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday works as a sweeper at First Neuro Hospital, where a patient who later died of coronavirus had been admitted. A total of 19 cases have been detected in Dakshina Kannada so far, out of which 12 have recovered, five are active and two have died.