Mangaluru, April 5, 2020: The entire Thokkottu Junction as well as a residential complex in the area has been completely quarantined as per the instructions of the District Health Department after a 52 year old man from Thokkottu who had returned from Delhi recently has been tested positive for Coronavirus.
The police have issued stern instructions to residents of the apartment complex against coming out. The person who had now been tested positive for Coronavirus had been to Mumbai on February 6 and from there to Delhi. He had returned from Delhi to Thokkottu on March 20. During the lockdown he had even been to the fair price shop at Marnamikatta on March 31. Meanwhile, the police who got information of his Delhi travel had quarantined him. Now that he has been tested positive, he has been admitted to Wenlock Hospital.
Police are trying to gather information regarding the places where the man has travelled. All trade and business in Thokkottu Junction and its 100 meters radius have been suspended.