In Kodaikanal, the incident where a corona patient escaped from a hospital and fled into the city has caused a lot of panic to the public in the district. With the 2nd wave of coronavirus in Tamil Nadu causing an increase in the number of infections everyday, the police are constantly raising awareness through various different ways.
In light of the same, the awareness campaign staged by the Kodaikanal police thinking they were doing something out of the box went awry, as it caused the public to run away in panic. The awareness campaign featured a person wandering into the Naidupuram area, the main part of Kodaikanal, as if escaping treatment from the hospital. The public panicked after they saw the man around with a bottle of glucose and the IV drips tube in his hand.
The man begged the public to save him, but they proceeded to flee in panic from the spot. Eventually, the commotion escalated and police said it was an awareness campaign organized to instill fear among the people about the coronavirus. There were also reports of a man disguised as a corona patient chasing people and threatening not to touch anything else.
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