The West Burdwan administration on Tuesday closed the Station Bazar in Durgapur town for one week after the owner of a garment shop and his five family members tested Covid-19 positive.

The shop owner, who returned from Gujarat last month, was initially admitted to Sanaka Covid Hospital in Durgapur town but on Tuesday shifted to a private hospital in Calcutta.

The other five members of his family are admitted to Sanaka Covid Hospital.

The shop owner was the first to test Covid positive among his family members after his swab report reached the administration on Monday.

The administration had taken samples of other family members as well. Five of them tested positive on Tuesday.

Sources said 30 employees who worked at the garment shop came in contact with the shop owner and his son, both of whom tested positive. The administration collected the swab of the employees and advised them home quarantine.

“We sealed the market where the shop is located and the area where the family stays, and sanitised the places,” said Durgapur subdivisional officerAnirban Koley.

Surya Kesh, president of the traders body in the market, said they were scared after six persons tested Covid positive. However, the traders of the adjoining vegetable and fish market said they would incur huge monetary loss.

A 28-year-old man in Durgapur steel township tested Covid positive on Wednesday. He had returned from Gurgaon last month.