THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: City mayor K Sreekumar went under home quarantine on Friday. The mayor has taken the step after seven members of the city corporation council were tested positive on Wednesday and Thursday.
Sreekumar said that he was not in primary contact with any of the councillors who have tested positive. Yet, he has opted home quarantine as a precautionary measure. He also gave his samples for an RT-PCR test. “I have decided to stay under home quarantine till the test result arrives,” Sreekumar said, adding that the result is expected in one or two days.
It was on Wednesday, the first batch of four councillors tested Covid positive. On Thursday, three more were confirmed positive. TOI had reported that more councillors may be at risk as the mayor had convened two meetings – on last Saturday and on Wednesday – to review the Covid-19 operations of the corporation.
All seven councillors who have tested positive have been shifted to Covid first-line treatment centres. Besides mayor, four other councillors are under home quarantine. Among them, one is a councillor of a coastal ward that lies close to a critical containment zone and is hence being treated as a buffer zone. The three others were in primary contact with three councillors who tested positive.
Meanwhile, on Friday, 167 cases were reported in the district out of which 156 are cases of local transmission. The cases include five healthcare workers, including two doctors. One death was also reported. 46-year-old Murugan from Chirayinkeezhu is the deceased.
At present the district has five major clusters: Poonthura, Pulluvila, Putuhukurichi, Anjuthengu and Beemapally. The total number of active cases in the district is 2,650, which is the highest in the state. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the community spread found in the two coastal hamlets of the state capital have been put under control. At present, there are five large clusters in these coastal areas and from two clusters there are incidents of spreading to neighbouring regions. Special cluster containment measures are in place here.
At present 17 FLTCs have been kept ready in which 2,103 beds have been made available. If needed, 18 more FLTCS will be ready in a week in which 1,817 beds will be ready. In the last ten days, out of the 671 samples taken from Pulluvila alone, 288 were found positive, he said. The total number of people who are put under observation is 16,122 of which 1,295 people are under institutional quarantine. As many as 2,486 people are under observation in hospitals.
The district collector had a meeting with the owners of the private hospitals and IMA to seek the support of the private sector in Covid care. In the meeting, it was decided to utilize the services of the hospitals in the private sector which are not functioning now. These hospitals will be converted into first-line treatment centres.
Sreekumar said that he was not in primary contact with any of the councillors who have tested positive. Yet, he has opted home quarantine as a precautionary measure. He also gave his samples for an RT-PCR test. “I have decided to stay under home quarantine till the test result arrives,” Sreekumar said, adding that the result is expected in one or two days.
It was on Wednesday, the first batch of four councillors tested Covid positive. On Thursday, three more were confirmed positive. TOI had reported that more councillors may be at risk as the mayor had convened two meetings – on last Saturday and on Wednesday – to review the Covid-19 operations of the corporation.
All seven councillors who have tested positive have been shifted to Covid first-line treatment centres. Besides mayor, four other councillors are under home quarantine. Among them, one is a councillor of a coastal ward that lies close to a critical containment zone and is hence being treated as a buffer zone. The three others were in primary contact with three councillors who tested positive.
Meanwhile, on Friday, 167 cases were reported in the district out of which 156 are cases of local transmission. The cases include five healthcare workers, including two doctors. One death was also reported. 46-year-old Murugan from Chirayinkeezhu is the deceased.
At present the district has five major clusters: Poonthura, Pulluvila, Putuhukurichi, Anjuthengu and Beemapally. The total number of active cases in the district is 2,650, which is the highest in the state. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the community spread found in the two coastal hamlets of the state capital have been put under control. At present, there are five large clusters in these coastal areas and from two clusters there are incidents of spreading to neighbouring regions. Special cluster containment measures are in place here.
At present 17 FLTCs have been kept ready in which 2,103 beds have been made available. If needed, 18 more FLTCS will be ready in a week in which 1,817 beds will be ready. In the last ten days, out of the 671 samples taken from Pulluvila alone, 288 were found positive, he said. The total number of people who are put under observation is 16,122 of which 1,295 people are under institutional quarantine. As many as 2,486 people are under observation in hospitals.
The district collector had a meeting with the owners of the private hospitals and IMA to seek the support of the private sector in Covid care. In the meeting, it was decided to utilize the services of the hospitals in the private sector which are not functioning now. These hospitals will be converted into first-line treatment centres.
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