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More than 100 residents of one Bengaluru apartment test COVID positive after party

The district administration started a mass testing drive last week in the apartment complex after around two dozen cases emerged in a couple of days.

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In a recent COVID-19 shocker, 103 residents of an apartment complex in Bengaluru were tested positive for coronavirus after which the area was declared a containment zone. District officials say the community spread of the virus happened just days after two marriage anniversary parties were organised in the residential society.

The BBMP has also sent samples to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS) to find the variant of the virus. According to the officials, there was a party on February 4 in SNN Lake View apartment in Bommanahalli, where most of the residents participated.

The district administration had started a mass testing drive last week in the apartment complex after around two dozen cases emerged from there in a couple of days. As per Dr Krishnappa, the medical officer investigating the area, most of those who tested positive are below the age of 50 and are asymptomatic.

They have been put under home quarantine, BBMP officials said. Several drivers, maids and cooks working in the apartment complex have also tested positive. The first case was detected on February 10 after a resident who showed COVID-19 symptoms tested positive.

The BBMP has also sanitised and disinfected the entire complex. The district administration had started a mass testing drive last week in the apartment complex and over 1,000 residents have been tested so far.

On Tuesday, senior BBMP officials visited the apartment and apprised the secretary and staff of the protocols to be followed by the residents. Karnataka is the third worst-hit state due to COVID-19 after Maharashtra and Kerala.

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