To avoid quarantine, family members escape in Hazratbal

SRINAGAR — People in Hazratbal area of Srinagar outskirts were panicked after many family members gave a slip to authorities when asked to get shifted to a quarantine centre.

Locals informed that a female was tested positive for COVID-19 infection at Dhobi Ghat Hazratbal and was subsequently shifted to Isolation Ward of a hospital.

However, the immediate contacts of the said woman (her family members) in a bid to avoid quarantine period, escaped from the house.

As the news spread in the area, panic gripped the locals. “It is highly irresponsible act on part of the family members. Instead of cooperating with authorities, they fled from the house,” said a local, Habibullah Wani.

An official said that three members of the family are missing and they will be traced and subsequently quarantined.