PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Jan 13: Winter season’s popular Tibet Market, a hub of woollen garments at Golmuri was closed this afternoon following detection of over 80 Covid positive cases.
The entire market spread on the sprawling Golmuri Circus maidan was declared as a containment zone by local district administration after detection of such a huge number of Covid positive cases.
The temporary Tibet Market transacts business between November and January. It has around 90 stalls.
The RT- PCR test of all the shop owners was conducted on January 7 and the report arrived this afternoon.
A health department’s surveillance team headed by Pulak Mandal went to the market and ordered its closure till further orders.
A health department official said they are keeping a watch on the situation. ” All the 80- odd shop owners including men and women who usually hail from Tibet and various other north- eastern states are kept in isolation. We have made arrangements for rushing the serious cases or those who require oxygen support to local Covid hospitals, ” said an official.
Meanwhile, East Singhbhum district recorded 1,280 fresh cases of Covid -19 and three deaths on Wednesday.
This was the district’s highest daily spike since the pandemic broke out in March- 2020.
Telco turned out to be the hotspot on Wednesday after it reported 226 fresh infections.
Large number of cases were also reported from Sonari, Kadma, Mango, Sakchi and other places.
