- Delhi has identified 84 Coronavirus containment zones in the city as of April 21.
- Delhi has 2081 active cases of Coronavirus with 41 cured and 47 succumbed to death.
- The Delhi government on Monday started the use of rapid antibody test kits in the containment zones in the Central district of the national capital.
The national capital has 2081 active cases of Coronavirus with 41 cured and 47 succumbed to death.
The Delhi government sealed off the areas completely restricting all movement of residents in those areas, several of Delhi's containment zones have seen a jump in coronavirus cases.
The Delhi government on Monday started the use of rapid antibody test kits in the containment zones in the Central district.The kits, according to the Health Department, will test the presence of coronavirus antibodies.
According to an official from the Health Department, the kits were used in the Nabi Karim area and all the test reports returned negative.
"From Monday, we started using the 42,000 rapid testing kits which we received on Sunday. On Sunday, we had its trial and training at the LNJP Hospital. First, we used the kits in the Nabi Karim containment zone in the Central district. We collected more than 60 samples, all of which returned negative," the official told IANS.
What are containment zones?
The Ministry of Health defines COVID-19 containment zones as an area where several positive cases of Coronavirus are found.
“The cluster containment strategy would be to contain the disease within a defined geographic area by detecting cases in the nascent stage, breaking the chain of transmission and preventing its spread to new areas. This would include geographic quarantine, social distancing measures, enhanced active surveillance, testing all suspected cases, isolation of cases, quarantine of contacts and risk communication to create awareness among the public on preventive public health measures,” said the Ministry of Health.
Here’s the list of all the containment zones across the city:
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