Updated: April 15, 2020 12:54:04 am
With a 42-year-old woman, who had no travel history, testing positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Vadodara — taking the district tally to 116, the police department is planning to cordon off a micro area in Gorwa, where the woman was living.
On Tuesday, the Border Security Force (BSF) also arrived in the district to assist the local administration in ensuring lockdown in the red zone containment area of Tandalja.
After Karelibaug, which recorded three positive cases since Monday, the emergence of a positive case from the Gorwa area of the city has now left the administration looking at the possibility of more micro containment areas.
On Tuesday, a 15-year-old girl and a 73-year-old man also tested positive from Karelibaug, both relatives of the 40-year-old woman who had tested positive on Monday.
Commissioner of Police Anupam Singh Gahlaut said, “We will do as decided by the district administration. The emergence of new cases from any part of the…