Coronavirus: Commandos posted in Kerala village after 119 COVID-19 cases in Poonthura

In Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, a village has been cordoned off and around 25 commandos have been posted in that area as testing has shown a spread and spike of COVID-19 cases locally
 

A coastal village in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram around 25 commandos have been posted in the area

The entire village has been cordoned off, after 54 cases were reported from Poonthura on Wednesday (July 8). They contracted the coronavirus through local transmission

Of the 600 swab samples collected from the village, 119 tested positive for COVID-19

According to health experts, the rapid spread of locally transmitted cases in the village is due to the presence of super spreaders in the area

Minister Kadakampally Surendran, who is in charge of the district’s pandemic control measures, while talking to mediapersons, confirmed that super spreading has been detected in the coastal village

Super spreaders are those individuals who pass on the infection to a large number of people

All houses in the area will be disinfected and fishing activities have been banned along the coastal areas of Thiruvananthapuram until further notice