Tea vendor in Godhra tests positive

TNN | Apr 14, 2020, 04:04 IST

Vadodara: Alarm bells have started to ring in Godhra after a tea vendor tested positive for COVID-19.
The vendor used to sell tea at the busy Jahurpura Market and Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC).
Sources said the vendor was referred to Vadodara from Godhra after he took ill. His test results on Monday revealed that the man was suffering from COVID-19.
The man is a resident of a locality on Dahod Road in Godhra.
It has come to light that the man had a tea stall outside Jahurpura Market and an outlet inside the APMC. Sources said the tea handcart at Jahurpura was operational till around the beginning of this month while the outlet at the APMC was functional till Sunday.
The APMC has decided to shut the shop in the wake of the development. Health officials are trying to establish an epidemiological link, but it may be a difficult task given the fact that the man met numerous people in a day.
The tea vendor is the second person in Godhra to test positive for the virus. The first case was of an elderly man who passed away recently.