‘Unrestricted movement making it tough to find source’

As a second COVID-19 cluster was detected in Telangana, dreadful memories from last year started playing on the minds of State Health officials. Emerging clusters, rapid spread of coronavirus and its containment had given sleepless nights to the officials even as they clocked in extra hours to keep the situation under control.

A big disadvantage over last year, however, is the difficulty in finding the source of the infection. Health officials said unrestricted movement of people, possibility of an asymptomatic COVID patient spreading the infection and lack of COVID-appropriate behaviour among people are making it difficult for them to track the source. At the Zilla Parishad High School, Mancherial, 13 teachers, 30 students, a cook, and six parents have been detected with COVID-19. The cluster size is 50. Besides, 34 students at Telangana Minority Residential School in Nagole were detected with the virus on Tuesday.