KANNUR: The district administration has ordered a complete closure of Kannur as a fourteen-year-old boy contracted Covid through contacts from unknown source.

The above decision was taken in the wake of Covid transmission increasing through contacts.

According to the new order issued, all wards within the Corporation limits will have to be put under lockdown. All shops and offices will have to be closed.

On Wednesday, there were four confirmed cases of Covid in Kannur district.

Currently, 136 persons are under treatment for Covid in Kannur district. 14,415 people are under observation; 14,220 are under institutional quarantine. 195 persons are under observation in hospitals.