Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Brahmavar

Brahmavar, Jul 5: A hotel owner had tested coronavirus-positive in Kota after which on Friday July 3 throat swabs were collected from his family members, hotel staff and nearby shop owners by Kota community health centre. On Sunday , the test results were out and 9 people are corona positive.

Following the development, Kota revenue officer Raju V A, Ganesh Pai, Kota gram panchayat PDO Suresh Bangera sealed the houses of the hotel owner, nearby shopkeeper, and of the hotel staff.

A person in Saligram Karkad has also been tested positive and his house has also been also sealed.

It is not clear who was infected first. After lockdown was lifted goods vehicle movement had increased, and as the hotel and other shops are close by it is assumed that the virus would have spread by goods also.

A shop owner told officials who visited to seal down his house that since he had a 3-month-old baby he had shut his shop during the lockdown fearing infection. It was only after the lockdown was lifted that he opened his shop so that people could buy essential commodities.

As more test results are awaited on Monday there is sense of fear among locals of a rise in cases. Also, hundreds of people have visited the hotel and shops nearby and it is feared that community transmission might occur.

Kundapur: Head constable tests coronavirus positive, traffic police station sealed for two days

A head constable of Kundapur traffic police station has tested coronavirus positive and has been admitted to COVID hospital for treatment.

The head constable had symptoms of coronavirus and had undergone test, which confirmed the infection. The traffic police station has been sealed for two days as a precautionary measure. In the meantime, the traffic police will function from the neighbouring IB office.

The residential quarters of the cop has also been sealed down.

Kundapur subdivision SP Hariram Shankar has said that other staff of traffic police station are under home quarantine.