Covid-19 takes shine off diamond city; Surat now Gujarat's next hotspot

Till now, around 570 diamond workers and their relatives in Surat have tested positive for coronavirus, said Surat Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani

With over 5,000 cases of coronavirus registered till now and a gradual increase in daily infections since the last two weeks, Surat city is emerging as the next Covid-19 hotspot in Gujarat after Ahmedabad.

The severity of the situation can be gauged from the fact that Gujarat's Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi, has been camping in Surat city since the last three days in a bid to find ways to contain the virus.

Addressing the media in Surat on Thursday, Ravi stressed on breaking the transmission chain to contain the Covid-19 spread and assured all necessary steps to tame the