Confusion Over Source Of Infection In Indore

Collector blames international travellers, anti-CAA protesters; expert refutes the claim

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District Collector, Indore, Manish Singh has blamed passengers who flew in from abroad and the protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act within the city for the COVID-19 outbreak locally.

Though not one of the 892 patients in the city has had an international travel history and health workers are grappling to locate the source of infections, Mr. Singh said, “There is no other medium. As many as 5,000-6,000 people returned from abroad and there were agitations going on in the city in which several people took part.” Indore was one of the major centres of the protests within Madhya Pradesh where the police had on one occasion reportedly roughed up some participants too.