Bantwal: Bantwal taluk has been completely sealed down after a woman from the Bantwal died of COVID-19 at Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru on Sunday.

The deceased, a resident of Kamat Lane near Venkataramana Temple in Bantwal Taluk, died on Sunday morning and the reports of her samples returned as COVID-19 positive in the evening.

Five-kilometer surrounding area near her house on Kamat Lane has been classified as containment zone, inner buffer zone, and buffer zone.

The 500 meter radius around the deceased woman's house has been flagged as containment zone and has been sealed down. 

The 1 kilometer range around the deceased woman's house has been identified as the Inner Buffer Zone, and the Health Department staff will visit every house in this zone to check the health of every resident. 

Besides this, Asha workers will be visiting all the homes in this range and will be keeping a close watch and create awareness about the coronavirus.

The third is the buffer zone, which is the radius of 5 km from the house of the deceased woman. Coronavirus is more likely to spread in these areas, so all orders to avoid spreading the virus, including social distancing, are strictly enforced in the vicinity.

The administration has also warned people of initiating legal action in case any resident is found to be violating the instructions.

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Agra, Dec 23: A truck driver dragged two people for about 300 metres in Agra under his vehicle, police on Monday said.

Some locals forced the driver to stop the truck and extricated the men from under the vehicle.

Police arrested the driver and seized the truck.

The two men, both residents of Nunhai in Agra, were going towards Rambagh from Waterworks when they met with an accident around 11 pm Sunday.

The driver, instead of stopping the truck sped up, trapping both of them underneath, police said.

"In the accident, two youths were dragged by a canter driver for about 300 metres. Later, some residents saved the youths by stopping the driver using force," Chhatta Police Station Inspector Pramod Kumar told PTI.

"The youths were sent for treatment at a nearby hospital and are still being treated, but are in stable condition. The youths were from Agra. The canter driver was arrested and the canter seized after the incident," he said.

A video of the incident that surfaced on social media showed the men shouting for help.

The video was purported to have been shot by a person passing by on a two-wheeler.