A team of volunteers delivers food packets to an infected family in Guttigar gram panchayat, Sullia taluk
MANGALURU: When a family of four in Sullia was banned from drawing water from their neighbour’s well after one of them tested positive and the rest were in home quarantine, Mahesh Puchchappady, a journalist from Sullia, rushed to their rescue, making arrangements to ensure they received potable water.
Puchchappady said the family lives in a house located in SC Colony in Ballakka, Guttigar gram panchayat. One member tested positive and the results of three others are pending. Their neighbour’s well has been their water source for years. The colony has about five houses.
MANGALURU: Weddings may have led to the recent Covid-19 surge in Dakshina Kannada. Several guests who attended wedding functions last month have tested positive for Covid-19.
A family organised a wedding ceremony with limited guests at a hall on April 25. A few days after the event, the groom’s father tested positive and spent a few days in the ICU, before being discharged. Similarly, several guests who attended a Christian wedding in the first week of April, had reportedly tested positive for Covid-19. “Most of the family members of those who attended the wedding from Sakleshpur, and other guests tested positive for the novel coronavirus,” said a source close to the family. An aged couple who hosted a wedding in their house in Vamanjoor, tested positive for Covid-19. Likewise, many guests including family members who attended a wedding at a house in Kunjathbail, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.