Two journalists based in chennai have tested positive for coronavirus on sunday, after they exhibited mild symptoms of the disease. While one of them is a 25 year old print reporter, the other is a 23 year old journalist who is part of the editorial team of a news channel. The print reporter was staying at a common lodging in Triplicane along with 5 other reporters and has attended a press briefing held by the health Secretary Beela Rajesh. He had been shifted to the health beat following the spread of the virus but was not regularly going out on the field.
Another reporter who was staying with him in Triplicane told "He had a fever about a week back and a cold but was getting better. We were all staying together, buying food and managing. He wasn't really venturing out too and would only go to his office and then back to the lodging. He had no travel history and when we went to the doctor he said it was just a regular fever. But three days back, he went and got a test done anyway." Dr jayanthi, Dean of the madras Medical college and Rajiv gandhi government General Hospital said that the contact history of the patient was not yet known.
The health Department has informed journalists that those who have been attending press meets where the two patients have been present can get tested at bharathi college oppositie Stanley Medical College. Other employees who have been coming to work have now been instructed to get tested by the tv channel to avoid any further spread of the virus. tamilnadu is the second state in india to see journalists affected by the virus. In march, a journalist from bhopal in madhya pradesh tested positive for the virus.
