Green zone DNH records its first case

SURAT: Soon after being declared a green zone for keeping at bay coronavirus, Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli recorded its first Covid-19 positive case on Tuesday.
A 27-year-old woman from Dadra village, having travel history to Mumbai, tested positive for the virus. She has been shifted to the isolation ward of Covid-19 hospital in Silvassa.All those who came in her contact will be brought to quarantine facility. About 80 people, who returned from Maharashtra and other states, have also been quarantined at a government facility.
DNH collector Sandeep Kumar Singh told TOI, “The woman was under quarantine when she returned from Mumbai on April 3. Her sample was taken and that she tested positive for the infection. We have shifted her to Covid-19 hospital in Silvassa. Dadra village is under containment and nearby villages kept under buffer zone. Intensive screening of residents in Dadra village is being carried out.”
Earlier, a man from Naroli in DNH tested positive for coronavirus and was in a hospital in Mumbai. He has been discharged now from the hospital in Mumbai after he consecutively tested negative twice for the virus.
The administration had sealed its borders with Gujarat and Maharashtra much before nationwide lockdown was announced by Centre on March 25 to contain the spread of coronavirus. While the administration ensured that population of eight lakh in the territory got essential items, food packets and ration kits during the lockdown, movement of 4,000 traders from Daman and DNH to Vapi was strictly restricted.
Asked about relaxations, Singh said, “Relaxations will continue in green zones of the territory, except Dadra. The stand-alone and neighbourhood shops will continue to operate in accordance with the directions.”