Two Mandya police stations sealed, cops to undergo test

MANDYA: With the sealing off of two police stations in Mandya district late Thursday after a policeman tested positive, all Covid-19 frontline warriors will undergo tests for the virus in the coming days.
A head constable attached with the KR Pete Town police station tested positive, forcing the district administration to seal off KR Pet Town and Rural police stations, which are housed in the same building.Mandya superintendent of police Parashuram got himself tested for Covid-19 on Friday.
Mandya district has the second highest number of cases in Karnataka, after Bengaluru, reporting eight fresh cases taking the total to 209. Deputy commissioner Venkatesh said 173 of them had returned from Mumbai. The district administration has requested Belagavi authorities to tighten check-post vigil to check influx of migrants into Karnataka and later into Mandya district.
A senior police officer said the district administration decided to subject all Covid warriors to medical examination because many cases were asymptomatic and the chances of infection spreading without detection were high.
An officer of the social welfare department has tested positive and his travel history across Mysuru and Chamarajangar districts has become a cause of concern in the district. From Chikkamulagudu in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district, the officer works in Mysuru district. Besides extensively shuttling between Mysuru and Mandya districts, the officer is said to have attended a marriage in Chamarajanagar a few days ago.
After he tested positive, the district officers have launched a massive operation to identify his primary and secondary contacts spread over three districts.