The disaster management authority has cut the functioning time of ‘meen market’ at Valiyangadi, the biggest in the district, up to 2pm and introduced one-way traffic to control the heavy rush of people thronging the market from Saturday. A meeting of the authority presided over by its chairman and district collector Mrunmai Joshi here on Friday had directed the municipal secretary and other concerned officials to take stringent measures to control the crowd at the fish market and directed to allow its functioning only up to 2pm every day. The collector also directed the police to introduce a one-way traffic system to the fish market. Shops were asked to cut down the staff strength by 50%. An awareness campaign through mike announcements was also launched for the market workers and the customers. 3,020 new Covid cases The district reported 3,020 Covid-19 positive cases and 3,360 persons recovered from the infection, taking the total number of persons under treatment to 23,311 on Saturday. Of those tested positive, 1,789 contracted the disease through local transmission. Source of infection of 1,202 persons is unknown. Seven persons who had come from abroad and other states and 22 health workers also tested positive, health department officials said.
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