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Small Maharashtra town shows how cluster containment works

Small Maharashtra town shows how cluster containment works

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KOLHAPUR: Islampur, a small town off the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway in Sangli district, has shown how the creation of cluster containment zones is effective in curbing the spread of Covid-19

Panic gripped the town of 70,000 homeowners when 4 people from a family checked favorable for the infection on March23 Now, practically 17 days later, there have actually been simply 26 cases, all limited to the contacts of the original four patients. There has been no spread in the larger community. By Wednesday, nine of the 26 clients had actually recuperated.

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When the very first cases can be found in positive, the Sangli district administration swung into action and formed a district rapid reaction group (DRRT). This team had to identify the close contacts of the first 4 cases in Islampur town. The location within a one-km radius of their residence was declared a containment zone.

Sangli district collector

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