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Gujarat: Rajkot’s KKV chowk becomes hub of coronavirus

The Panchshil Apartment where the couple stayed has 67 other households

By Newsd
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Rajkot: A lot of Covid-19 cases has been observed in the well-heeled Indians who had gotten the virus during their foreign trips. And then they brought the dreaded disease to India.

The country now lies in a critical phase where it is most susceptible to community transmission. The Kalwad Road of Rajkot housing all the posh residential apartments and bungalows can be no exception.

It can be said it is a new hub of Covid-19 infections in Saurashtra’s biggest city with seven out of 10 reported cases in Rajkot.

To see the chain of infections in the area, on March 24, a 36-year-old man living near KKV Chowk on Kalawad Road had tested positive for Covid-19. He was patient no. 2 in Rajkot. The same day, a 75-year-old woman, who lived around 2 km from KKV Chowk, was also tested positive. She became patient number 3 in Rajkot.

The situation in the building has become so worse that, on March 26 a friend of patient 2, residing less than 500 metres from the former’s house, tested positive to become patient no. 5.

A day later, his wife tested positive. The Panchshil Apartment where the couple stayed has 67 other households.

The administration has quarantined the entire building.

After tracing contacts of patient no. 2 who tested positive, they came across two others who tested positive on March 27. One lived at Ekta Apartment and another in Vallabhashray, both in the vicinity of KKV Chowk.

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