16 residents of slum in Kolkata test positive for COVID-19

At least 16 slum dwellers in city's Bagbazar area here have tested positive for COVID-19, following which y were sent to a quarantine centre on outskirts of metropolis, sources in state health department said on Thursday.

Those that came in contact with COVID-19 patients, including family members, have been sent to ar isolation unit in neighbouring Howrah district.

Locals in area have been vised home quarantine, in accordance with rules applicable to all containment zones in Bengal, sources said.

congested slum, beside Bagbazar Women's College, has around 1,000 residents.

At least 45 people in area h been running a temperature since beginning of month, one of sources said.

ir swab samples were collected for examination on June 6, and test reports confirmed that 16 people have contracted viral disease, he ded.

State Health Secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam, when contacted, said necessary measures for isolation and sanitisation have been initiated in locality. 

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