A bank in CJ Block was shut down on Monday after its manager was found to have tested positive for Covid.

A police officer of the Bidhannagar Commissionerate confirmed the incident and said that all employees had been asked to self-isolate. An employee of the bank said they weren’t authorised to speak about it.

At least two constables posted at the Bidhannagar North police station have also tested positive, sending at least five others to quarantine.

In AE Block, an elderly resident who was feeling unwell had been prescribed the test by a doctor and he tested positive on June 12. While he called a private nursing home in Nagerbazar to get himself admitted, his family, till Wednesday when this edition went to print, was still awaiting guidance from the corporation.

“Family members of the septuagenarian waited for a corporation health team to go conduct tests on them. When no one turned up they called private doctors but sadly, even they were too scared to come. The family is self-quarantining at home now without a clue as to whether they have been affected,” said Tapas Sengupta, secretary of AE Block Samaj Kalyan Sangha.

Residents are also alarmed that the lane in front of the house in question has not been cordoned off and the area has not been turned into a containment zone. “When the corporation sent no one to sanitise the place we did it ourselves,” said Sengupta on Wednesday.

As per the health department’s latest guidelines on affected areas, issued on June 1, the authorities will be setting up micro-containment units that comprise only the house of the individual who has tested positive. “Unlike earlier, the lanes will not be blocked. Only the residents will be asked not to step out,” a civic official said, explaining why they had not cordoned the street off.

But there was no clear answer as to why the health department was missing in action. “We shall look into it,” is all mayor Krishna Chakraborty said. The corporation has a single doctor on its rolls.

No fresh updates

According to figures given out by the civic body, at least 275 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in its 41 wards so far. This includes areas falling under the erstwhile Rajarhat Gopalpur Municipality and places along the VIP Road including Baguiati, Kaikhali, Kestopur and Teghoria that have turned into hotbeds of the disease. No separate figures have been quoted for Salt Lake where till last week there were at least 18 places from where residents had tested positive.

Unlike the Calcutta Municipal Corporation and the Calcutta Police, neither the Bidhannagar civic body nor the Commissionerate has been updating the list of containment zones and buffer areas on their websites or on other channels.

The mayor however, maintains that there have been “no fresh cases”.

Sujit Bose back home

Minister and MLA Sujit Bose returned home on June 12 after undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a hospital off the EM Bypass.

He was welcomed back by well-wishers lining the street blowing conchshells and showering petals on his car.