ISLAMABAD: Another locality in Tramri was sealed on Saturday after new cases of Covid-19 surfaced.

Officials of the capital administration told Dawn that Lane B-17 of the area was sealed on the directives of the deputy commissioner after some residents tested positive.

Four localities of Tramri - main street, Lane C, Lane C-2 and Tramri Chowk - and its adjacent Irfanabad area were sealed on Thursday after 16 people residing there tested positive for coronavirus, the officials said, adding that screening and testing of their family members and their contacts were also conducted.

Reports of a few people were received which revealed that some of them had contracted the virus. These latest cases were all residents of Lane B-17 following which the area was sealed.

The health department, including the District Health Office, have expedited the screening and testing of the people in the area, the officials said, adding that family members of the positive cases were asked to self-isolate.

Details are also being collected from them about people whom they had met so they could be traced and tested.

When contacted, Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Hamza Shafqaat confirmed that Lane B-17 of Tramri was sealed after more confirmed cases were reported in the area.

The number of positive cases in the capital has now reached 113 after six more cases were reported on Saturday.

These cases were reported from different parts of the capital, including Lane B-17 in Tramri.

Published in Dawn, April 12th, 2020