35 deaths in 2 weeks, Rohtak village sealed

Tribune News Service
Rohtak, May 6

A spate of deaths in the district’s Titoli village has forced the district administration to seal the village. As per local sources, 35 villagers died in the past two weeks. It is suspected most of the deaths were due to Covid.

Suresh, a resident of Titoli, said: “Three residents of the village passed away today. Every day, there is news of someone dying. Earlier, villagers were not getting themselves tested for Covid. Now, the Health Department has started testing them and distributing medicines.”

The village had been declared a containment zone, said Rohtak Civil Surgeon Dr Anil Birla. “The deaths have been caused by several reasons.”

Villagers attribute most of the deaths to some mysterious fever, while the district health authorities maintain that five persons died due to Covid, while other deaths were caused by old age, cancer and liver ailments.

The possibility of more deaths because of Covid could not be ruled out. Several villagers have not got themselves tested.

Dr Birla added a concerted testing drive had been launched in the village.

Meanwhile, villagers are organising the “havan” twice every day to ward off the virus.