THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Soon after Union Minister V Muraleedharan has gone into quarantine as part of precautions for corona, BJP leader V V Rajesh has also been placed under quarantine. Thiruvananthapuram district secretary V V Rajesh had accompanied V Muraleeedharan on his visit to Sree Chitra Hospital. Following this, he went into quarantine. Meantime, Muraleedharan has been tested negative of the virus.

The minister decided to be on home quarantine after he visited the Sree Chitra Hospital where a doctor was confirmed of the virus. Meantime, the minister did not show any symptoms of the virus.

Other doctors who came in close contact with the doctor who contracted the disease had attended the review meeting. The minister himself went into quarantine considering these circumstances. He is in isolation at his official residence in Delhi.

Nearly thirty doctors and employees of the hospital have been placed under isolation. The radiology lab where the doctor worked was closed yesterday.