COVID-19: Two Chennai cops, vendor at Koyambedu market test positive
Two city police personnel were among the three persons who tested positive for COVID-19 in Chennai on Tuesday. The other person found infected is a flower vendor at the city’s Koyambedu market, officials said. Those associated with these three persons are now being tested and the areas are being sanitized, they said.
Two city police personnel were among the three persons who tested positive for COVID-19 in Chennai on Tuesday (April 28). The other person found infected is a flower vendor at the city’s Koyambedu market, officials said. (Koyambedu is among Asia’s largest perishable goods markets. A lot of retailers and the general public throng the market to buy vegetables, fruits, and other essentials each day).
Those associated with these three persons are now being tested and the areas are being sanitized, they said. With the three new cases, the total number of cases in the state rose to 1,940, reported news agency PTI.
“A writer and a constable attached to the Nungambakkam police station” here tested positive for the deadly virus, a senior police official said. Already, some police personnel in Coimbatore and other cities in Tamil Nadu have been found infected with the virus.
A flower vendor in the Koyambedu wholesale market for vegetables, fruits and flowers, which caters to the metropolis, also tested positive, another official said. As on Monday, Tamil Nadu had 809 active cases. Contact tracing for the new cases was underway, authorities said.
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Greater Chennai Corporation authorities deployed a mobile testing van at the Koyambedu market and also deputed health professionals who took throat and nasal swab samples from traders and vendors. While disinfection work was carried out in all areas, it was done twice in containment zones in the city.
Barricades were placed around the Nungambakkam police station, restricting entry of vehicles and movement of people in the area while the entire premises was sanitized, a report said.
On the lockdown front, a total of 3,26,645 FIRs have so far been filed for violations across Tamil Nadu and a fine of ₹3.40 crore levied, a release said. Also 2,93,193 vehicles including cars and two-wheelers have been seized.
(With inputs from agencies)