13 Corona patients detected in Pune’s largest slum Janta Vasahat

Pune, May 17, 2020: Coronavirus has finally entered the largest slum in the city, which has been the talk of the town with its self-discipline and awareness. 13 corona-infected patients have been found in that area now. Now contact tracing is going on and people have been asked to be more vigilant now.

A seventy-year-old man in the colony had to go for dialysis twice a week because of various ailments. It has been now revealed that the senior citizen was infected with the virus. Four people who were in contact with him were immediately investigated. Their report also came positive. All five have been quarantined at a local school. The search for those who came in contact with these five infected patients has been started. Now a total of 13 have been found to be infected with COVID including six persons who worked at a medical store in Sadashiv Peth. Now total 33 persons have been quarantined.

In Pune city too, there are small and big slums in many areas, which are densely populated and have many COVID19 cases. The only exception was the Janta Vasahat. Till Friday, not a single positive corona patient was found in this slum which has a population of about 70,000 and spread over 100 acres. The vigilance shown by the residents, the self-discipline and the warriors of the Janata Vatahat Kriti Samiti who are fighting to prevent the spread of these viruses in their area, had made it a topic of discussion throughout the city.

The number of people with daily wages is high in the Janata Vasahat. The biggest relief to these citizens during the lockdown was that the Janata Vasahat Kriti Samiti offered a helping hand to the citizens. The residents seemed to be following the rules strictly. In this way the colony was kept safe.