NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, MAY 19
A 61-year old man and a 34 year old television mechanic were tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the tally in Puducherry to ten, a senior official said.
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The resident of Mahe region (an enclave of Puducherry in Kerala) was admitted to the Government General Hospital in Mahe for treatment of COVID-19, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services S Mohan Kumar said.
He said the man had returned from Dubai on May 17 and was admitted to a hospital in Kannur in neighbouring Kerala before being shifted to the GH in Mahe today.
The television mechanic, who had come into contact with a resident of neighbouring Arumbathapuram villagenow under treatment at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital, tested positive for the virus.
With this the number of active COVID-19 cases in the Union Territory has risen to nine. Also, five people including a woman from neighbouring Tamil Nadu districts of Villupuram and Cuddalore are under treatment in the centrally administered JIPMER, Mohan Kumar said.
Meanwhile, the opposition AIADMK accused the ruling Congress and its ally DMK, of hoodwinking people by adopting double standards on the issue of opening liquor shops in the union territory.
AIADMK leader A Anbalagan said while the Congress and DMK were opposing resumption of liquor sales in neighbouring Tamil Nadu by organising demonstrations, the parties and their leaders were however, keeping mum on the Puducherry government’s decision to reopen the outlets here.
The government had on Monday initially announced that liquor outlets would open today before postponing it to Wednesday.
