Invisible Covid Spreaders’ Become a Headache for Chittoor Officials

Invisible Covid Spreaders’ Become a Headache for Chittoor Officials

Estimated 236 persons remain untraceable after being tested positive

The Chittoor district officials, who are already trudging under pressure in view of the sharp spike in the COVID-19 cases, have a Herculean task at hand now as many people who have been tested positive for the virus remain untraceable.

A conservative estimate suggests that as many as 236 COVID-19 patients have tiptoed out from the watch of the officials in the last ten days after their test results were confirmed positive.

The officials now fear that the patients could be roaming around, spreading the virus acting as ‘invisible spreaders’. TH