A team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is visiting Rajasthan's Tonk district, where the COVID-19 positive cases registered a sharp increase from 4 to 12 in a day, to conduct a survey and study the situation. The total number of confirmed cases in the State soared to 155 on Friday.
Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, who represents the Tonk constituency in the State Assembly, said the State government would strictly adhere to the report and guidelines to be issued by the WHO. “Prevention and containment of the virus spread is the our utmost priority... If we act responsibly, the spread of the virus can be controlled,” he tweeted.
The 32 new COVID-19 positive cases detected in six districts of the State on Friday included 16 of the Tablighi Jamaat members who had recently travelled from Delhi's Nizamuddin centre. Twleve of them were already under isolation in the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences here, while two each were found in Bikaner and Bharatpur districts.
Additional Chief Secretary (Medical & Health) Rohit Kumar Singh said no new case was detected in the curfew-bound Ramganj area in Jaipur, where the infection had spread from a 45-year-old man who had recently returned from Oman. Besides, 21 of the COVID-19 positive cases across the State had so far turned negative, he said.
Seven of the 12 cases detected in Tonk district were those who had come in contact with the infected Tablighi Jamaat members. With the tally of 53 confirmed cases reported so far, Jaipur topped the list of districts where the patients have been found.
In its continuing measures to control the pandemic and extend relief to the people, the State government has decided to pay its share of premium for the Prime Minister's crop insurance scheme within a month and defer the recovery of power and water bills for different categories of consumers till May.
