ponda following a sudden spike in covid positive cases haldanwadakhandola in ponda taluka has been declared a microcontainment zoneof the 52 positive cases in the jurisdiction of the primary health centre phc at betki 39 cases are from haldanwadathe betki phc had registered the first novel coronavirus case after a person from st estevam tested positive on april 3 prompt action by the phc had prevented further spread health officer dr brenda pinto said the spike in positive cases was noted after july 6 when 11 swab samples including eight from haldanwada and three from volvoi were detected with the virus pinto said that of the two persons working at the verna industrial estate the one from volvoi infected five more and the other from haldanwada is suspected to have transmitted the virus to 38 members of joint families residing in seven houses