Thiruvananthapuram : Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and six other ministers have self-quarantined after Malappuram collector, whom they shared presence with during their visit to Karipur airplane crash site, was diagnosed with coronavirus infection.
Those isolating themselves include ministers KK Shailaja, AC Moideen, KT Jaleel, E Chandrashekaran, VS Sunilkumar and Kadannapally Ramachandran, The antigen tests on all ministers proved negative for the virus, however, the self-quarantine comes as an added precautionary measure. CM and the ministers’ delegation held discussions covering the air tragedy in a meeting held with district officials after visiting the crash site.
Given the situation, CM will stay away from independence day ceremony tomorrow and Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran will hoist the national flag instead.
