Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah, on Saturday, urged the district administration to investigate the spread of COVID-19 in a pharmaceutical company in Nanjangud.
Siddaramaiah was speaking to reporters in the city on Friday evening.
He said the authorities suspect that a container that came from China to the pharmaceutical company may have caused the outbreak of the disease.
However, the exact reason is yet to be ascertained. The samples from the container have been collected and sent for tests, he said.
Siddaramaiah urged the people who were at a religious congregation in Nizamuddin to co-operate in the fight against the disease and asked them to be in self-quarantine.
When asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to light lamps on April 5, Siddaramaiah said the PM did not give a solution to the problem. "Will lighting lamps combat COVID-19?" he said.
Firm gives Rs 25L to CM’s fund
Nanjangud-based Jubilant Life Sciences has contributed Rs 25 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund and has also donated other materials to support the government’s efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19.
On March 26, one of its employees, a 35-year-old resident of Mysuru city who had no travel history, tested positive for COVID. Later, his wife and father-in-law also tested positive. Among the 21 COVID positive cases in Mysuru district, 19 are related to the company, either directly or indirectly.
A company spokesperson said, “the company has distributed over 7,000 masks and 325 litres of sanitisers.” “As a precautionary measure, operations at the Nanjangud plant have been temporarily suspended and all personnel are under self-quarantine,” he said.
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