Thiruvananthapuram: For the first time, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said community transmission of Covid-19 has been detected in two coastal hamlets in Thiruvananthapuram.
He said an unprecedented situation is prevailing in the coastal areas of the state Sapital. “All steps are being taken to prevent the community spread from reaching new areas”, he added.
A total lockdown has been enforced in these areas from today. The movement of people within these areas is being restricted. Testing has been increased in both the hamlets after 112 cases were detected there on Friday alone.
Meanwhile, stating that a lot of fake news is being spread about the pandemic, the Chief Minister said, “that it is like the common cold, that if you need to develop resistance to the disease you should first get the coronavirus, that it won’t affect children or healthy people much, that you die only if you have co-morbidities and so on.”
“None of these have any scientific backing. As of now there has been no specialised medicine or vaccine that’s proved effective. The scientists say they need 12 to 18 months to make sure a vaccine is effective. It has been only six months since their research started. Let’s hope they make it happen soon,” he said.