Many apartment complexes in Bengaluru are turning into containment zones as Covid-19 cases are spreading due to people hiding their travel history, as per reports. The number of micro containment zones in Bengaluru rose to 141 due to the spread of Covid-19, signalling an alarming situation in Karnataka. There were less than 100 micro containment zones till last week.
Dr Syed Pervez Ismail of Vasant Nagar's primary health centre said: “Apartments become containment zones due to the people who are residing in their homes after travelling abroad and hiding travel information. There is an infection risk, they should provide full travel history,"
The spread of infection is more in Mahadevapura, Bommanahalli and West divisions of Bengaluru. Mahadevapura and Bommanahalli zones house several software parks, including International Tech Park (ITPB) and houses the IT crowd. Begur, Hagadur wards have reported more than 8 cases. Meanwhile, Bengaluru logged 477 new Covid cases on Tuesday taking the number of confirmed cases to 12,28,515. A total of 154 were discharged from the hospitals and so far 12,03,636 Covid patients returned home after being discharged in Bengaluru.
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