The Telangana Health Department, appealed to all the people involved in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election campaigns to isolate themselves.
Dr. G. Srinivasa Rao, the Director of Public Health said, “Hundreds and thousands of cadres had participated in the elections, assembled in large gatherings which is conducive for the virus to spread.” He further added, “Everyone did their duty by participating in the elections, but if we need to save ourselves from the second wave of the coronavirus, all the people, political supporters, leaders and public representatives who partook in the campaign please quarantine yourselves for 5-7 days. As you have been moving in closely with people during the election campaigning, you need to isolate yourselves. We don’t know if there were silent virus carriers present in the gatherings. If we need to detect the infected, it would take 5-7 days.”
The announcement was made on the 2nd of December, a day after the GHMC elections concluded.
The decision was taken to control the spread of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 in the State.
According to sources, more than 2,000 people took part in the GHMC election campaigns.
In regard to this, the State Health Department issued advisory to all the political parties in the State.
The major political parties which campaigned for the GHMC elections were the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS,) the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP,) the Indian National Congress (INC,) the All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP.)
In addition, individuals who also participated in the election campaign were advised to get their COVID-19 tests done and quarantine themselves.
They were also asked to reach to health experts or doctors if they experience any COVID-19 symptoms.
Meanwhile, till the 2nd of December, Telangana reported 2,70,883 positive cases of the Novel Coronavirus. Of the total, 2,60,155 are recovered/discharged cases, 1,462 deceased and the remaining are active cases.
Stay tuned for further updates.
