Renigunta declared ‘red zone’

April 03, 2020 09:29 pm | Updated 09:29 pm IST - TIRUPATI

A senior citizen looking out from his residence at Thyagaraja Nagar area in Tirupati on Friday, which has been marked as red zone following the emergence of a COVID-19 positive case from the locality.

A senior citizen looking out from his residence at Thyagaraja Nagar area in Tirupati on Friday, which has been marked as red zone following the emergence of a COVID-19 positive case from the locality.

After the Thyagaraja Nagar locality in Tirupati, the Renigunta area abutting Tirupati has been declared a ‘red zone’, following the emergence of a COVID-19 positive case on Friday.

The mandal headquarters town has been divided into three layers to implement the same. The area within a 3-km radius has been marked as ‘red zone’ where inward and outward movement from the 5,170 houses remain restricted. Special medical teams will check the health status of the residents in a radius of 1.5 km from the positive case identified. Likewise, 150 metres around the house will be treated as a very sensitive zone, said Revenue Divisional Officer (Tirupati) Kanaka Narasa Reddy.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 observer R.P. Sisodia said the lockdown should be implemented very strictly. Speaking to Nagari municipal, police and revenue officials at the Tamil Nadu border check-post, he said the police should ensure strict adherence to lockdown, as even the economically strong nations struggled to defeat the virus due to inefffective lockdown.

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