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JAMMU: Health Department has alerted its COVID sampling teams following detection of six inter-district travelers from Chenab Valley who arrived in Jammu district for winter season. Even as

Jammu district recorded 33 COVID19 positive cases in a single day spike, the officials in health department said that the cases may increase and sampling has also been increased to monitor

the situation. “Six travelers came to the testing camp at Gandhi Nagar and they were tested COVID19 positive. They had travel history from Doda, Kishtwar, Bhaderwah and adjoining areas of

Chenab valley,” said the official. The official said that “We apprehend that the COVID cases may spike amid inter-district and inter-region migration of people from Kashmir Valley, Chenab

Valley and Pir Panjal during winter season to Jammu district.” The official said they have increased sampling of COVID19. “Tomorrow too, we apprehend there may be a spike in cases. In the

months of December, 2021 and January, 2022, the case may continue to rise due to migration from winter zones and marriages,” the official added. The official said that the loss of life of

infected persons is very less due to double vaccination even as most of the cases are Delta variants. Those who died of COVID19 had co morbidity. “We have teams near Jawahar Tunnel on

Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (in Ramban district) to test travelers for COVID19 using Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) who come from Kashmir,” he added. The official said that Jammu district may

have another micro-containment zone at Sidhra. “We have detected five COVID19 positive cases from lane number 28 in Sidhra. They had attended a marriage ceremony. There is every possibility

that this lane may be declared as a third micro-containment zone,” said the official in the Health Department. Pertinently, two micro-containment zones have already been declared in Jammu

district i.e. lane number 1 near KC Hyundai Showroom, Channi Rama falling under Trikuta Nagar Police Station and another at General Lane, Saraswati Vihar near Hazuri Bagh, Talab Tillo Jammu

district falling under the jurisdiction of Domana Police Station.