PATHANAMTHITTA: A member of the CPI (M) area committee tested positive for COVID-19 and the party's district leaders including Child Welfare Committee Chairman entered quarantine. As the infected area committee member's health condition is weak, a complete list of contacts couldn't be prepared.

In a meeting recently in which COVID patient took part, district secretariat members were also present. These members also held a district secretariat meeting at the CPI (M) district committee office.

The police have heightened checking in Pathanamthitta as Pathanamthitta Municipality was declared a containment zone.