This story is from June 3, 2020

Kanpur: Despite spike in Covid-19 cases, 5 hotspots turn into green zones

Kanpur: Despite spike in Covid-19 cases, 5 hotspots turn into green zones
Sanitisation drive being conducted in a hotspot area of the city
KANPUR: With influx of migrant labourers, the number of Covid-19 patients is increasing day by day in the city but the good news is that five hot spots have been converted into green zones and three to orange zone. On the other hand, after with four new hotspots, the number of hotspots has increased to 25.
District magistrate Brahmadeo Ram Tiwari, SSP/DIG Anant Deo and chief medical officer Dr Ashok Kumar Shukla at a meeting held here on late Monday evening decided to shift Prem Nagar area of Chamanganj, Bajaria, Surya Vihar of Nawabganj, Pheelkhan and New Chowk in Moolganj hotspots into green zones.
Around 19850 residents of 2830 houses of five zones have become free from all restrictions. Offices, local markets have also opened.
Begumpurwa area of Babupurwa, Peeli Kothi of Collectorganj and Narsinghpur of Sachendi have been shifted into the orange zone. According to SSP Anant Deo, all four new hotspots have been barricaded and necessary restrictions imposed to check spread of the virus.
Air passengers quarantined: Three foreign returned air passengers who landed in the city on Monday were quarantined by the authorities. Krishnakant a resident of Awas Vikas Lakhanpur and Aman Singh of Kidwai Nagar returned from the Netherland via Delhi while Anil Kumar, a resident of Bairaghat Ghatampur, returned from Mexico to Kanpur via the Netherland and Delhi.
At the airport, a health department team, consisting of Dr SL Verma, Dr Arunendra Singh and nurse Sapna Yadav examined the three foreign returned passengers and sent them to Grandten hotel of Sharda Nagar for quarantine.
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