NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, MAY 1
Three of the 116 media persons, examined for COVID-19, have tested positive at a special camp held for scribes on the premises of the Press Club here.
The camp was organised for media persons who would cover on Sunday, the counting of votes polled during the April 6 Assembly elections, a press release from the Deputy Director of Health and Family Welfare Services R Murali said on Saturday.
Counting of Votes to the #Puducherry Assembly will be held tomorrow, May 2, under strict COVID-19 preventive protocol as per the #ElectionCommissionOfIndia guidelines. COVID Testing of all Officials, Agents & Candidates attending Counting completed. @ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI pic.twitter.com/qgkEFU4CPr
— CEO, Puducherry (@ceopuducherry) May 1, 2021
The three media persons were directed to take treatment at the government hospital here, the release said.
It was also stated that an observer deployed to oversee the counting also tested positive.