VADODARA: Even as Covid cases stayed low in Vadodara, the detection of new delta plus variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus in Jarod village of Waghodiya taluka has brought health authorities back on their toes.
On Friday, the state government informed Vadodara health department about the 38-year-old female resident of Jarod who became the first recorded case of new variant in the district.
The patient, having her roots in Maharashtra, had tested positive of Covid-19 in April but is completely asymptomatic like the other members in her family who too do not have any symptoms.
Her husband works with the National Disaster Response Force.
Health officials, however, have started scanning their neighbourhood as part of precautionary measure.
Health of even those residents whose age is below 18 years is being monitored.
“We started our inquiry on Friday soon after we were informed.
There is no cause of concern regarding the health of the family members.
But we are taking precautionary measures as part of the protocol,” said Dr Uday Tilawat, additional district health officer.
“The residential society was divided into containment and buffer zones.
Four teams were formed under supervision of medical officer to screen all the residents.
Four samples were also collected.
Of the 309 persons who were screened, not a single person displayed any symptoms like fever, cough or cold,” he said.
Tilawat further informed that there are 253 persons in the society who are eligible to undergo vaccination.
“Of these, 118 have taken their vaccines while we will be covering the rest of them,” he said, adding that 37 residents were vaccinated on Saturday itself.