PATHANAMTHITTA: Pathanamthitta district collector P B Nooh has said some people who had close contacts with the Coronavirus-infected people are not cooperating with the health department.

He explained that he had to seek the help of police to take those in the contact list to hospital. “Those who are under observation at homes need not go out. Food will be delivered at their homes,” he said.

The collector informed that the health condition of 28 people who are under observation in the district is satisfactory. Meanwhile The presence of Coronavirus was confirmed in the elederly parents of the couple who had arrived from Italy. On Tuesday, the disease was also confirmed in a mother and daughter who are their relatives and residents of Jandaikkal near Ithala.

The elderly couple is in Kottayam Medical College and the 63-year-old mother and 28-year-old daughter are in Kozhencherry district medical college.

The condition of 89-year-old woman in Kottayam Medical College is serious.