Health screening has been stepped up in both the panchayats. If the infections do not subside, the panchayats will be placed under micro containment restriction, he said.
A total of 79 new cases were detected in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation area in the past 24 hours.In Malda, 35 new cases of Covid-19 were detected last night in the VRDL in the Malda Medical College and Hospital, while another 16 cases were found through rapid antigen tests conducted on 195 samples.
Maria Van Kerkhove had said that on the basis of studies carried out in several countries, transmission of the virus by an asymptomatic person seemed 'very rare'.
Jha, who is a resident of Mumbai, has been home quarantined for 10 to 12 days.
