Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Jun 1: On Sunday May 31, ten coronavirus positive cases were found in the district. Seven among them are men, two are women, and the other is a seven-year-old girl. Out of ten, nine had come from Maharashtra and the other from Qatar.

Containment zone has been created in the house and an area falling within a hundred-metre radius around it in Kaltodu village of Byndoor taluk.

As coronavirus infection was confirmed in four persons who had gone home after being in quarantine centre, the area around their houses was sealed down on Sunday. Balipara Hadi in Miyyar vilage, Baggaraguthu Madman in Inna village, Nallur in Nallur village, and Koodabettu area in Mala village were declared as containment zones.

An area sealed down in Udupi (file photo)

A person from Bennekudru within the limits of Handadi village in Brahmavar taluk was infected with the disease. He had returned home after quarantine two days ago. The area where his house is located has been sealed down.

After a person from Belapu village, who was released from quarantine centre was found to be corona positive, he stands admitted into COVID Hospital at Udupi and the area around his house has been converted into containment zone. The person, who had returned from Maharashtra, had recently completed institutional quarantine at Kaup and returned home two days ago.

Pangalagudde area within Innanje gram panchayat was also sealed down as a person who returned from a foreign country recently was found to have contracted the disease. On his return from abroad, he had finished his quarantine quota at Bengaluru and his result came after he reached home.

Megadde area in Nadpal village in Hebri taluk has been sealed down as a woman who returned after quarantine was found to be infected. Pernankila and Pandubettu areas of Hiriadka have been sealed down after a seven-year-old girl was diagnosed with coronavirus.