District Superintendent of Police B M Laxmi Prasad ina release, warned the people that strict legal action will betaken against those who flout rules.
Police have noted that the photo of the woman COVID-19victim is being shared on social media.
Providing any information about coronavirus-infectedpatients or victims publicly is a punishable offence, he said.
The police are putting together information about thepeople who shared the photo and other information about theCOVID-19 in the district and have initiated legal action.
A 50-year old woman from Bantwal had died of Covid-19at the Wenlock hospital here on Sunday.
She is the first coronavirus victim in thedistrict. MVG SS