MYSURU: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah directed the district administration to find out the cause for the spread of coronavirus in the Nanjangud pharmaceutical company.
Speaking to media persons after holding a review meeting at the deputy commissioner’s office, he said that DC Abhiram G Shankar suspects that a container from China may be behind the outbreak.
He said that a sample from the container has been sent to a laboratory. “We are waiting for the reports to know the exact reason,” he said. Siddaramaiah said that those who took part in the Tablighi Jamaat meet in New Delhi Delhi must co-operate and home quarantine themselves.
He said that district officials should ensure that people get food grains, have a stock of seeds and fertilisers to take up farming activities. Asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to light lamps on April5, Siddaramiah said, “Can lighting lamps cure diseases? If it can, let them do it.”