Mumbai: COVID-19 has apparently reached the doorstep of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s private residence ‘Matoshri’ in Bandra.
A tea-vendor selling tea near the VVIP home has been found to be COVID-19 positive, sending the state and health officials in a tizzy.
As an immediate precaution, the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday sprayed disinfectants in the entire locality and surroundings.
The police, BMC and state health authorities have sealed off most parts of Kala Nagar where the CM’s residence is located in Bandra east and now the tea seller’s contact tracking is underway.
Contacted for their reaction, top aides of the CM and his office declined to comment on the matter, nor was it clear whether Thackeray was present at his residence on Monday.
According to a report by Zee News, the police personnel stationed at the CM’s residence and the nearby areas have been sent to quarantine. They will also be tested for COVID-19.
All the police personnel at the CM’s residence have been replaced as a precautionary measure.
Speaking to PTI, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said, “The policemen may have consumed tea from the stall. We will screen them and other staffers who were deployed there.”
It is not yet known how the tea seller contracted the infection.
(with inputs from IANS)
