Rajasthan: 4 more test positive for COVID-19 in Banswara

Four more positive cases of COVID-19 found in Rajasthan's Banswara district on Tuesday. With this, the number of positive patients has increased to six. The four new patients belong to the Bohra community.

Banswara:Rajasthan's Banswara district is now no more safe for the people from the deadly disease COVID-19. The report on Tuesday morning stated that four more people of Kushalgarh town have been found positive. With this, the number of positive patients has increased to six.

All these patients are from Banswara district of Rajasthan. In the fear of spreading social infection, the medical department has changed its strategy and is currently focusing its attention on Kushalgarh.

These four new patients also belong to the Bohra community. During the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that a procession came from Kuwait in March, in which a large number of people came from there. Along with Kushalgarh town, people from other places also attended this wedding ceremony.

After receiving the information, the department is now preparing to take samples of suspected patients along with a close screening of every person of the community living in the town.

Currently, the team of RNT Medical College Udaipur is in Kushalgarh taking samples of suspected people. The department has intensified the campaign to collect samples along with continuous screening.

The report on Tuesday morning created panic in the administration. Because four more samples turned out to be positive. These include two youths aged 28 and 34 years, with 42 and 47-year-old two women.

So far, six positive patients have come out in this town, all belong to the Bohra community and these four new patients are also ready to be sent to Udaipur.

In the initial inquiry conducted by the Medical Department, in the month of March, the procession of a person from Bohra community from Kuwait is coming out, in which many NRIs residing in Kuwait also attended the wedding.

In Kushalgarh, along with the residents of the community, relatives and other acquaintances from other areas also attended the wedding.

In such a situation, the concern of the medical department has increased. So far 117 samples have been collected from the entire district. Out of which 82 samples are from Kushalgarh itself. Of these, 59 reports came negative while 23 sample reports are yet to come.

According to CMHO Dr HL Tabiar, screening work is going on in the suspected area. With the arrival of 4 new cases, the number of teams has been increased even more.

Last month, information about a wedding in the Bohra community has come to light. In such a situation, we have prepared a strategy to increase the sampling of suspected patients along with screening the entire community, he said.

The work has been started under the supervision of the team of RNT Medical College Udaipur, he added.