HYDERABAD: Its not just religious congregation and migrants’ march, authorities in Hyderabad said on Monday that they are worried about Covid-19 super spreaders in the form of birthday parties, get-togethers and weddings even as police booked a executive bank manager for organising an engagement function on May 10, resulting in mass spread of the virus.
The manager tested positive for Covid-19 on May 15, while 14 members of his family also turned positive later. In a tragic turn of events, one of them passed away on May 16 after suffering a cardiac arrest.
“People should stay indoors and refrain from congregations and parties. The fact that we have not opened function halls shows our intent in containing the virus,” said chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
As part of contact tracing, police found out that the 38-year-old manager of a private bank in Gachibowli had been working from home since lockdown. But, he was frequently meeting a friend, who is a gym trainerm in Jiyaguda area in the Old City.
“The bank manager had shown symptoms of illness around May 8. Two days later (May 10), engagement of his younger brother was organised with over 25 persons at Dhoolpet which he attended the event. Subsequently, he went to a local hospital. When the symptoms turned severe, he got himself admitted in a corporate hospital in Gachibowli from where he was shifted to Gandhi Hospital,” Mangalhat police said. He tested positive on May 15.
A police official said a case was registered against the family for violating the lockdown code by organising the event. The authorities immediately identified 27 of his primary contacts and shifted them to an institutional quarantine at a hospital in Begumpet. On May 16, the manager’s 58-year-old father suffered a stroke at the quarantine centre. He died while being shifted to Gandhi Hospital, municipal officials said.
Meanwhile, Shahinayatgunj police have booked a businessman for organising a pre-wedding event with over 150 people at a function hall on Sunday.
The manager tested positive for Covid-19 on May 15, while 14 members of his family also turned positive later. In a tragic turn of events, one of them passed away on May 16 after suffering a cardiac arrest.
“People should stay indoors and refrain from congregations and parties. The fact that we have not opened function halls shows our intent in containing the virus,” said chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
As part of contact tracing, police found out that the 38-year-old manager of a private bank in Gachibowli had been working from home since lockdown. But, he was frequently meeting a friend, who is a gym trainerm in Jiyaguda area in the Old City.
“The bank manager had shown symptoms of illness around May 8. Two days later (May 10), engagement of his younger brother was organised with over 25 persons at Dhoolpet which he attended the event. Subsequently, he went to a local hospital. When the symptoms turned severe, he got himself admitted in a corporate hospital in Gachibowli from where he was shifted to Gandhi Hospital,” Mangalhat police said. He tested positive on May 15.
A police official said a case was registered against the family for violating the lockdown code by organising the event. The authorities immediately identified 27 of his primary contacts and shifted them to an institutional quarantine at a hospital in Begumpet. On May 16, the manager’s 58-year-old father suffered a stroke at the quarantine centre. He died while being shifted to Gandhi Hospital, municipal officials said.
Meanwhile, Shahinayatgunj police have booked a businessman for organising a pre-wedding event with over 150 people at a function hall on Sunday.
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