Chandigarh Admn Slammed for Mishandling COVID-19 Spread in Bapu Dham Colony

PGI experts in their report has slammed Chandigarh Admn for not handling COVID-19 spread in Bapu Dham Colony efficiently.

Infact, Mumbai’s Dharavi (with 10 lakh population) is better managed. Infection rate there is 0.15%. While in Bapu Dham Colony (with population 60,000) infection rate is 0.26%.

The contacts of the positive cases were kept in their houses till they also tested positive, the report said.
The report that a team of PGI experts headed by Prof J S Thakur, community medicine department, and School for Public Health prepared has been submitted to UT Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Badnore.

Chandigarh Administration had asked for PGIMER, Chandigarh’s opinion on containing increasing COVID-19 positive cases.

Source: Times of India

Ratisha: A woman with varied interests, from geeky technology to serene poetry, but with a solitary passion to play with words. Ratisha is educated in sociology, psychology and human rights, that has sensitized her well to talk about all topics of human concern. She has been writing for many nationally and internationally acclaimed e-magazines and news portals including The Huffington Post, (United States) among others. When not writing, she is either found brushing strokes on a canvas or peering through her glasses into a novel.
Related Post
  1. Vande Bharat Express to Reduce Travel Time between Delhi & Chandigarh to Less than 3 Hours

    With the flagging off of Vande Bharat Express train in Una, Himachal Pradesh by Prime…

  2. Chandigarh to Delhi Road Travel Time to be Two and Half hours in Next 3 Years

    Road Transport Nitin Gadkari has said during Question Hour that the government would build 26…

  3. Many Schools in Tricity Switch to Online Mode After Reports of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Children

    Several cases of highly contiguous hand, foot, and mouth disease have been reported in pre-primary…