THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The callous angle of a senior Congress chief, who was in control of overseeing the election marketing campaign for the get together in Vattiyoorkavu meeting constituency, has allegedly resulted in at the very least 25 get together functionaries, who attended a gathering on April 1, testing constructive for Covid.
The assembly, during which an AICC observer attended, was held on the get together’s election committee workplace at Amabalamukku, with at the very least 50 staff and native leaders in attendance.
The senior chief who attended the assembly, allegedly with out carrying a masks, was seen coughing repeatedly through the occasion. He examined Covid constructive the subsequent day.“Despite the fact that these current requested him to put on a masks, the chief refused to adjust to their request. He claimed he had sufficient immunity in opposition to the illness,” mentioned a supply who attended the assembly and examined constructive on April 4.
After the information of the senior chief testing constructive for Covid on April 2 unfold, all those that attended the assembly additionally underwent checks, of which at the very least 25 examined constructive. Whereas most of them have been admitted to authorities and personal hospitals close by, some are present process residence quarantine. “There are issues that the get together functionaries who attended the assembly might have handed on the an infection to their relations and different contacts as effectively,” mentioned the supply.
