Sakshi Dayal

Technical persons for essential maintenance of residence, apartments also allowed.

Both Gurgaon Police and the district administration held meetings Wednesday to discuss measures to ensure smooth supply of goods to residents at their doorsteps during the next three weeks.

Since last week, shops in the district have seen an unprecedented rush as people hoard essential items, leading to empty shelves in several stores, while some others closed down unexpectedly this week.

“The 45-year-old father and 70-year-old grandmother of the student, both of whom live at the family’s home in Palam Vihar, tested positive today. They are asymptomatic and have been admitted to the isolation ward in Civil Hospital,” said Dr Jaswant Singh Punia, CMO, Gurgaon.

The Palwal resident case comes on a day when the Haryana Chief Minister announced that the lockdown enforced on 7 districts in the state on Sunday would be extended to the remaining 15 districts as well from Tuesday morning, in the hope of containing the spread of Coronavirus.

While most societies have advised families to not cut wages if helps cannot come to work, it remains to be seen whether the advice — which also found a mention in the PM’s recent address — is actually followed.

The Haryana government, meanwhile, notified a lockdown on seven districts — Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonepat, Panipat, Rohtak, Jhajjar and Panchkula — from 9 pm Sunday until March 31.

Through this week, the Gurgaon district administration has ordered the closure of all shopping malls, swimming pools, gymnasiums, clubs, schools, colleges, theatres, spas, bars and lounges until March 31.

The decision to impose Section 144 was taken at a meeting in Chandigarh chaired by CM Manohar Lal Khattar Friday.

Neighbourhood stores have reported a steep rise in the number of customers placing large orders over the past two-three days.

Two passengers who came to India from Italy and were quarantined at ITBP facility in Chhawla Camp have also tested positive for the disease, they had been shifted to Safdarjung hospital earlier this week; both are residents of West Bengal.

Across the country, specially constituted teams are trying to trying to trace each individual that the infected person came in contact with, and monitor people living in that area.

“Samples of 8 people he had been in contact with had been sent for testing by the health department in Delhi, including their domestic helps and others. The wife has tested positive but the reports of the others are still awaited,” said the CMO.

Officials at manufacturing units, however, said several measures have been taken to protect employees and make them aware of precautions they can take at a personal level.

The move comes three days after the Haryana government directed all schools, colleges, gyms, clubs, cinema halls and theatres in the state to remain shut until month-end.

In Haryana, gyms, swimming pools, schools, colleges, clubs, night clubs, theatres, and cinema halls had also been directed to remain closed until March 31.

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Haryana had recorded its first positive case on Monday — a 29-year-old woman who resides in Gurgaon Sector 9 and works at an IT company in the city.

As per officials, the woman, who lives in New Gurgaon and works at a private firm in the city, returned from her holiday on March 4 and submitted samples on March 12, despite being asymptomatic.