Daijiworld Media Network – Madikeri (EP)

Madikeri, May 18: A 45-year-old woman who arrived in Madikeri from Mumbai has tested positive for coronavirus, said deputy commissioner (DC) Annies Kanmani Joy.

Speaking in a press conference held in the DC’s office here on Monday May 18, she said that the woman is patient No. 1224 who was employed as home nurse in Mumbai. “She travelled in a private taxi from Mumbai to Mangaluru and Udupi on May 14. She is a resident of Madikeri,” she said.

DC Annies Kanmani Joy (centre) addressing press meet

“She visited a police station in Mangaluru and requested the police personnel to arrange a vehicle for her to go to Madikeri. The personnel sent her in taxi till Sampaje. She reached Sampaje check post on May 16 at 9 pm. She was brought to district Covid hospital in ambulance after thermo screening at Sampaje check post,” explained the DC.

“Dakshina Kannada DC has been informed about the taxi in which the woman travelled from Mangaluru to Sampaje. The woman did not have direct contact anywhere else. Therefore, there is no containment zone in the district. There is no need for people to be afraid,” he said.