
Film crew member tests positive
The Hindu
A member of the film crew from Kerala, which camped at Shettihally near Hassan for a Malayalam movie shoot, has tested positive for COVID-19. A team of officers from the Health and Family Welfare Department had visited the place and insisted that all members of the crew undergo a COVID-19 test last week.
District Health Officer K.M.Sathish Kumar, on Tuesday, informed the media that one member tested positive for the infection. However, he had already returned to Kerala. As a precautionary measure, the people who were in contact with him had been quarantined. Similarly, 289 people have travelled from Mumbai to Hassan district in the last one month. Among them, seven tested positive for the infection. They have been isolated. The officers are collecting swab samples from those people who travelled from other States to the district.
About 923 families of Nagarathar community arrived from across the globe at Nattarasankottai in Sivaganga district to celebrate the traditional ‘Sevvai Pongal’ festival. This annual event serves as a massive international reunion for the Nagarathar community people. Local residents said while many might miss major holidays like Pongal or Deepavali, they made every effort to attend Sevvai Pongal, which was held on the first Tuesday following Pongal. This tradition had been upheld by the community for over two centuries.












