Mother-son duo, 10 year old boy among 6 test positive

Eidgah area to be sterilized completely: Commissioner SMC

5 Dariya News

Srinagar 31-Mar-2020

Six more Covid-19 suspect has been tested positive and this time including a 10 year old boy. Reports said that besides the boy, five more patients have been tested positive on Tuesday.  These include a boy from Eidgah, mother- son duo from Bemina, one from Soibugh Budgam and 2 from Hajin town of Bandipora.The number of Covid-19 cases has jumped to 55 in Jammu and Kashmir .Reports said that the 10 year old boy (name withheld) from Eidgah Srinagar had come into contact with a person affiliated with Tableegi Jamat who was suffering from Coronavirus when he visited a mosque in the area. A family member of the confirmed case that the boy had shook hands with a religious preacher in Eidgah mosque and after that he developed symptoms.  “We took him to JLNM Hospital Rainawari where from he was referred to SKIMS Soura. A day after, he was admitted in the hospital, his samples were taken and today he was declared positive,” he told KNT.Nodal Officer for Coronavirus at SKIMS Soura, Dr Ghulam Hasan Itoo said that report about the patient has been sent to the Government and they have to declare about it.Reports said that a mother-son from Bemina have also been tested positive. 

One of their family members have already been tested positive.The mother-son duo and the two persons from Hain and man from Bonmohalla Soibugh according to doctors were in contact previous Covid-19 cases. A Government official said that Eidgah area will be completely sterilized as there are reports that some of Covid-19 patients who were part of the Tableegi Jamat stayed in different mosques in the area.  Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Commissioner, Ghazanfar Ali told KNT that whole Eidgah area will be sanitized and sterilized. “Locals informed us that some of the Covid-19 infected persons who were part of the Tableegi Jamat stayed in different mosques in the area and a large number of people have come into contact with them. Our teams will sterilize the area completely,” he said.Meanwhile, a medical team enlisted 60 persons in Rathpora Eidgah who have offered prayers in Shaeed Milat Masjid from March 20 to 24 with Tableegi Jamat and approximately 200 persons are related to these 60 persons. (KNT)