Srinagar, Nov 5: In view of rapid increase in COVID-19 positive cases in Srinagar district, the district administration has declared eight more areas as Micro Containment Zones under Medical Zones of Batamaloo, Zadibal, S.R Gunj and Khanyar to prevent spread of infection in the district.
According to news agency KNO, the areas are Milat Abad, Peerbagh, near Islamic Public School and Noorani Colony Peerbagh in Medical Zone Batamaloo, Upper Soura, near Petrol Pump, Bilal Colony Soura, near Bilal Masjid and Bota Kadal, near Darul ul Uloom Bilaliya in Medical Zone Zadibal, Zaina Kadal near Gagar Masjid in Medical Zone S R Gunj and Buchwara and Batwara areas in Khanyar Medical Zone in the district.
Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad who is also the Chairman District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has said the recent spike in Covid-19 positive cases has prompted the District Administration to take the step for protection of precious lives.
The DC said that the administration is mulling for localised lockdown in some specific areas of city, if the number of positive cases do not decrease.
He further said that Srinagar has witnessed a spike in Covid cases in the past one week, prompting the administration to declare some areas in the city as containment zones.
Giving details, the DC said out of total active Covid-19 positive cases in J&K, about half of them come from Srinagar district only. While other than Srinagar District, cases reported from 19 other districts are either in single digit or no case at all.
Presently there are 476 active Covid-19 positive cases in only Srinagar district out of total of 981 cases in J&K.
There are 82 containment zones in Srinagar, 8 of which were added today
The DC further said if people don’t follow safety protocols, then Srinagar could be the reason behind the start of the third wave in J&K.
He appealed to the people to follow Covid SOPs in letter and spirit and avoid large gatherings.