MYSURU: In an example of just how pervasive the threat of Covid can be, especially if one lowers one’s guard, 25 people who attended the final rites of a person in Thimmanakoppalu village under Doddabyadarahalli gram panchayat limits in Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district, have tested positive. Following the cluster outbreak, officials have sealed down the village.
Sources say, 11 days ago, locals had gathered in large numbers for the final rites of a person who had died. When a few people who attended the final rites developed Covid-19 symptoms three days ago, they and many others in the village took the Covid. Now, 25 have tested positive.
To prevent infections from spreading further, the taluk administration sealed down the village and the health department carried out a sanitisation exercise on Saturday.
Authorities say all who tested positive are recovering and none have needed to be admitted in hospital. On Saturday former minister, CS Puttaraju, who is the local MLA, visited the village and reviewed the situation.
Ningaraju, vice-president of the gram panchayat, said all the infected are in home isolation. “All are now recovering, and the village has been sealed down. There is no need to worry,” Ningaraju said.
