NAGPUR: Despite reporting highest 644 cases in all 11 districts of Vidarbha on Thursday, no lockdown-like strict restrictions or weekend shutdown has been imposed in Nagpur city and district. Even marriage functions, public events and gatherings are allowed, though with restricted attendance. Markets are also allowed to function in their regular timings.
Nagpur is getting these relaxations because no sample from the city or district, sent to Pune for genome sequencing, has tested positive for the mutated strain of the virus like Yavatmal and Amravati. Some 80 samples from Nagpur, 20 each month from September to December, were sent for genome sequencing in December-end to NIV Pune, through Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital. Sources here informed that none of the samples tested positive for the new strain. These samples were tested especially for the UK strain.
However, no sample from the February spike has been sent from Nagpur. This could be because the situation in city is under control as compared to Amravati and Yavatmal. On Thursday, though 644 new cases were detected, these were out of 6,775 tests done in the last 24 hours. This means, the sample positivity rate was still under 10%. This rate is more than 30% in Amravati and Yavatmal. For Nagpur, conducting more tests, 20+ contact tracing of a positive patient and strict imposition of Covid behaviour are the best ways to prevent the worst.
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