Ranchi: In a fresh resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the state, 55 samples collected at Hatia Railway Station tested positive on Saturday. The samples which tested positive were of passengers who had arrived in the state capital from other states on trains. However, the administration has not been able to track the infected patients and get them in isolation centres.
According to official figures, samples of 1,508 passengers who had arrived in Hatia in the last two days were collected of which 754 were tested by Rapid Antigen Testing Kits, while 754 through RT-PCR.
State Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) officials said that they detected a total of 40 cases across the state on Friday and 55 at Hatia station on Saturday and the district administration has been directed to track positive patients immediately and shift them to the nearest isolation centre. “As per my information, 55 samples which were collected at Hatia railway station tested positive and we have asked the local administration to track them down at the earliest and get their primary contacts tested immediately,” said state IDSP chief Dr V B Prasad.
