20 booked for attending Iftar party in COVID-19 hotspot in Kerala
PTI
Wayanad (Kerala), May 13 () At least 20 people werebooked on Wednesday for allegedly attending an Iftar party inviolation of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions at a locality inthis district, recently categorised as a hotspot, police said. A case has been registered against these people forparticipating in the Iftar party at a house in Nenmeni area,which was declared as a hotspot for coronavirus on Monday inview of rise in the cases. "We received information about an Iftar party beingorganised at a housein Nenmeni. It was declared as hot spot.We went there and found the people and their vehicles. A casehas been registered against the house owner and those whoparticipated," police said. As per the latest health department, Wayandhas 11 activeCOVID-19 cases, the highest in the state. Two police personnel of the Manathavady police station inWayanadhave tested positve and are contacts of a truck driverwho had returned from Koyambedu market in Chennai and infectedaround nine people.Wayanad Collector Dr Adila Abdulla said the samples ofall those who had come in contact with the truck driver wouldonce again be tested. The driver's wife and daughter and grandchild were amongthose who were infected. His daughter's samples had earlierbeen negative. RRTVS VS
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