COVID-19: ‘In-house’ contacts a new cause for concern in Kozhikode
The Hindu
Health Department officials say this had resulted in many local bodies registering a high daily test positivity rate
‘In-house contacts’, or asymptomatic infected persons under home isolation spreading COVID-19 to their family members, have become a source of concern in Kozhikode district of Kerala. Health Department officials said that this had resulted in many local bodies registering a high daily test positivity rate (TPR), the number of people testing positive for the virus per 100 samples. According to them, Olavanna grama panchayat in Kozhikode registered a TPR of 45%, Thooneri 44%, Kottur 38% and Chelannur 37% on Monday. Ramanattukara Municipality recorded a TPR of 37% on the same day.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.