The number of positive persons in Rajasthan has reached 50 as 7 moretested positive on Friday. Two tested positive in each Bhilwara andDungarpur while one tested positive in each Jaipur, Jodhpur and Churu.The two who tested positive in Bhilwara are family members of the positive person who died yesterday. The person who tested positive in jodhpur is room mate and co traveller of the person who tested positive yesterday. They had travelled together from London toJodhpur.
The two new positive reported from Dungarpur are 48 and 14 year old male who are father and son. Both had travelled by bike from Indore to Aaspur in Dungarpur. They had been living in Indore and reached Dungarpur on 25 March, they were screened and admitted to hospital on March 26.The 47 year old male who tested positive in Jaipur is a closed friend of the person from Ramganj who was tested positive on Thursday. A 60 year old woman was tested positive in Churu. One more Corona positive person died in Bhilwra taking the tally of death of positive persons to two.
Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma said, “An intensive tracing and screening campaign has been launched for the people who came incontact with the two persons who died. The two patients were 73 and 60 years old and both were suffering from multiple disorders.”The highest number of 21 positives is in Bhilwara. 24 lakh persons have been screened in Bhilwara by the 1950 teams working in ruralareas and 332 teams working in urban areas. The borders of the district continue to be sealed.
Positives found in other districts are: Jaipur 10, Jhunjhunu 6,Jodhpur 6, Pratapgarh 2, Dungarpur 2, Sikar 1, Pali 1 and Churu 1.The government is more alert about Bhilwara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jhunjhunu and Pratapgarh. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot held a meeting with BJP leaders to appraise them about the steps being taken by the government and see their suggestions. Tweeting about the meeting Gehlot said, “BJP President Satish Poonia ji and Leader of Opposition, Gulab Chand Kataria ji met here at residence to discuss the crisis of coronavirus and lockdown. We deliberated over measures taken so far in order to contain spread of infection. They gave their valuable suggestions. Everyone should come together to win this fight against corona.”
To meet the increasing requirement of sanitizers a Hyderabad based company has utilized the services of the inmates of Jaipur Open Jailfor its manufacture. The inmates are producing almost 4000 litres ofthe product daily. This will then be distributed to hospitals and social organisations assisting. For this they are being paid Rs 300 per day.
