Coimbatore: In a latest development, seven people from Anamalai have been suspected to have COVID-19. All seven have been admitted at Coimbatore ESI hospital for examination.
Coimbatore: In a latest development, seven people from Anamalai have been suspected to have COVID-19. All seven have been admitted at Coimbatore ESI hospital for examination.
According to reliable sources from health department from Anaimalai, last week nine Islamic people from Anamalai had travelled to New Delhi to attend religious congregation held by Thowheed Jamaat. Officials have now confirmed that many of the people who attended the congregation could have contracted the virus from the preachers who were from Indonesia, Thailand and other parts of the world.
The TN State government through contact tracing earmarked nine people of Anamalai who attended the conference and have decided to subject them to COVID-19 test.
Of the nine, seven people have been shifted from Pollachi GH to ESI Hospital in Singanallur, Coimbatore.
The Health Department has isolated all others in contact with the nine people. Through fire engines, most parts of Anaimalai is presently being fumigated.
As a result of this, roads from Anaimalai to Kaliapuram, Kottur, Vettaikaranpudur and Pollachi have been closed.
It may be noted around 1500 Islam people from Tamil Nadu had attended this meeting at New Delhi on March 1st week. Islamic preachers from countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and China took part in the conference. The Islamic preachers from Thailand, Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan, have visited various places including Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpet and Adirampattinam in Thanjavur.
The preachers are reportedly have been staying in local mosques in these districts to visit the homes of the Muslims to preach Islam.
The group of Thai nationals belonging to Tablighi Jamaat, an Islam outreach organisation were tested postive in Erode and had reportedly come to India to attend the conference by Thowleed Jamaat in New Delhi.
It may be recalled that on Sunday, a female railway doctor who along with four from her family were tested positive at ESI Hospital in Coimbatore. The doctor reportedly had treated a person who was in touch with the Thai Nationals in Erode. Last week, the doctor was transferred to Podanur railway station in Coimbatore.
The state authorities are now on the look-out for 1,500 people who attended the Thowheed Jamaath conference in New Delhi in the first week of March. Out of the 17 samples tested among the group that had returned from Delhi, 16 have tested positive for Coronavirus and are from Erode.
Of the list, the health officials have already traced 819 people, government has stepped up its investigations to trace and track the remaining 600-odd people.
Sources say that the people who attended the conference are from Trichy, Perambur, Ariyalur, Erode, Pudukottai and Nagapattinam. Authorities feel that monitoring can be easy if these people come in person and declare that they had been part of the conference.