Hotspot Chennai : Amma Canteen & Aavin Milk Plant Staff Test Positive for Coronavirus; City Under High Alert!

As Tamil Nadu has crossed the 3000-mark in the COVID-19 cases across the state, an Amma canteen employee, tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. 

Among most of the outlets being opened in the state amid this lockdown, Amma canteen was one of the few establishments that helped to serve the people at this time. As per a New Indian Express report, the woman was 52-year-old, who has been employed at the Amma Canteen in Triplicane, which is inside the containment zone.  

Further commenting on the issue, a senior official said that, "after we got the news on Sunday evening, we shut that Amma canteen on Gajapathy Lala street within two hours. We are currently tracing her contacts and all the workers of that Amma canteen will be tested for COVID-19."

Meanwhile, in another shocking incident, two staff members at the Aavin milk unit in Madhavaram have tested positive for COVID-19. After the news went viral, Aavin officials denied disruption of milk supply Chennai. 

"After an employee suffered a fever, other workers have been prevented from entering into the Madhavaram plant. The plant is in operational with full capacity," said a senior officer.

However, SA Ponnusamy, state president, Tamil Nadu Milk Dealers Welfare Association said that "Many workers refused to collect milk from Madhavaram milk unit and instead picked the packets from Ambattur milk unit on Monday. That is why it was delayed in a lot of places. Madhavaram Aavin milk unit supplies 90 percent of the milk to North Chennai and 10 per cent, to Central Chennai. Both the regions will be affected."