MYSURU: The mystery surrounding the Nanjangud pharma firm cluster case deepened on Tuesday with the seven foreign nationals, who had visited the factory in February, reportedly being given a clean bill of health.
More than a month since the cluster broke out, authorities are still flummoxed over the source of the infection. Several theories were floated, including a suggestion that it came to the firm – Jubilant Generics – through a consignment of raw material from China. But that theory was nipped when consignment samples tested negative.
The seven foreign nationals from three countries – Japan, Germany and US – who had visited the plant on work and returned before the nationwide lockdown was imposed, were then seen as a possible source. The state had written to the Centre seeking their health status. Sources say, the seven submitted reports to the government proving they are all Covid-19 free. A Delhi executive, who had visited the firm in February, has also been ruled out as the source.
Authorities are now looking at an employee who had visited Kerala as the possible source. This comes amidst senior IAS officer Harsh Gupta submitting a report without drawing any conclusion. Gupta had reportedly blamed the Mysuru district administration’s faulty measures it took initially to contain the spread of the virus.
Officials had focused on two possibilities as the source of infection: The virus had sneaked in through imported raw material or the seven foreign nationals. Now both have proved a dead end.
More than a month since the cluster broke out, authorities are still flummoxed over the source of the infection. Several theories were floated, including a suggestion that it came to the firm – Jubilant Generics – through a consignment of raw material from China. But that theory was nipped when consignment samples tested negative.
The seven foreign nationals from three countries – Japan, Germany and US – who had visited the plant on work and returned before the nationwide lockdown was imposed, were then seen as a possible source. The state had written to the Centre seeking their health status. Sources say, the seven submitted reports to the government proving they are all Covid-19 free. A Delhi executive, who had visited the firm in February, has also been ruled out as the source.
Authorities are now looking at an employee who had visited Kerala as the possible source. This comes amidst senior IAS officer Harsh Gupta submitting a report without drawing any conclusion. Gupta had reportedly blamed the Mysuru district administration’s faulty measures it took initially to contain the spread of the virus.
Officials had focused on two possibilities as the source of infection: The virus had sneaked in through imported raw material or the seven foreign nationals. Now both have proved a dead end.
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