The Koyambedu wholesale market, which attracts people from across Tamil Nadu looking to sell their produce or seeking jobs, has become a super spreader of Covid-19, pushing many districts back into the red zone from orange as infections rise.
From Cuddalore in northern Tamil Nadu to Dindigul in the south, people who visited the 65-acre market that also gets trucks from all over the country have started testing positive in droves. Almost all the 122 positive cases reported in Cuddalore on Monday can be traced back to Koyambedu. Test results of 450 more Koyambedu contacts are awaited. Forty-nine people from Villupuram who visited the market tested positive on Monday, while 33 had tested positive on Sunday.
Now, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Dindigul and Tenkasi are all likely to be reclassified as red zones. These w