11 vegetable traders test positive for Covid-19 in Kolhapur

KOLHAPUR: The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation’s (KMC) plan of carrying out testing of vendors and traders in vegetables markets across the city is showing results as a total of 11 traders have tested positive for the contagion.
The vendors and traders are considered as super spreaders as they come in contact with large number of people every day. Nikhil More, deputy commissioner of the KMC, said, “The screening of vendors, including those arriving in the markets, has been increased. The staff on the ground have been asked to assist the traders and vendors to get tested as early as possible.”
Meanwhile, the cases of Covid-19 are rising in other parts of the city with Raigad Colony reporting 42 cases on Thursday. “There is no need to panic and the locality has not been marked as the hotspot yet. We are also testing the inmates of Kalamba prison. So far, we have tested 200 inmates. Some of them have tested positive and they are included in the list of cases of Raigad Colony where the prison is located,” More said.