During the week, the health department performed 1.29,352 tests, a jump of 27 percent, while the week before testing it had increased 18 percent. (Figurative)
Derabassi police booked a woman Monday for fleeing her home after testing positive for the new coronavirus. The woman has not yet been tracked. The accused woman had been placed in home isolation before fleeing.
Derabassi’s medical officer, Vikrant Nagar, informed police that a woman from the village of Jawaharpur had tested positive for the infection and had been placed in home isolation. However, when the medical team came to her home to verify, she was not present there. Police officers said the woman’s cell phone was also turned off. The medical team added that it could not be traced.
One case was recorded under sections 188 (disobedience to orders duly issued by a public servant), 269 (spread of infection from any life-threatening disease), 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection from life-threatening disease). life) and 271 (disobedience to the quarantine rule) of the IPC. Investigating officer Dharam Singh said they will soon track the woman down as she could infect other people.
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