A day after district authorities Pulwama declared 10 villages as red zones, the authorities on Thursday again declare 3 more villages in the list.
As per the communiqué issued to Samboora along with its habitations Karnabal and Alochibagh tehsil Kakapora as red zone and its adjoining Villages Patal Bagh, Bujibagh, and Hatiwara as buffer zones in view of a COVID-19 positive test report of a person running a medical store near PHC Kakapora.
Whereas during the vigorous contact tracing exercise conducted by block-level contact tracing teams, it has transpired that a medical practitioner has turned out to be a primary contact of the infected person, it said.
Reportedly the primary contact medical practitioner of COVID -19 positive person has treated scores of patients from village Samboora and has increased the likelihood of mass contact in Samboora and adjoining areas.
Authorities added that door to door survey has been started by village surveillance and containment committees and all the contacts are being traced and quarantined accordingly.
The authorities said that it becomes imperative to take stringent precautionary measures including declaring village as Red zone and surrounding villages as a buffer zone to break the transmission of the disease in the area.
District authorities directed the officials concerned to ensure supply of essential commodities as per laid down protocols in the villages falling in Red Zones and Buffer Zones.
Earlier, seven which include Khaigam, Sangerwani, Abhama of Tehsil Rajpora and Gudoora, Chandgam, Pinglena, and Parigam of Tehsil Pulwama were declared Red Zones and are under restrictions.
