These incidents had created a furor and a challenge to the government in curbing the spread as well as monitoring the influx of people from other regions.
The volunteers held the awareness campaigns and they talked with the members of the households and explained to them about the measures and precautions to tackle the viral infection.
The news that the minister has tested positive for the virus has broken out moments after he took part in the meeting with Union Minister of Power Raj Kumar Singh that held in the Chief Secretariat on Wednesday.
The revelation has come as the sequel of the fever camps installed and conducted by the civic body across the city to check and carry out testings for the patients.
As of Monday, Tamil Nadu has reported 1,14,978 cases so far of which 46,833 are active, 66,571 have been recovered, and 1,571 had succumbed to the virus.
The shop has been functioning for the last 25 years and with no name or a signboard to represent, the blue window has become a trademark for the shop which attracted a popular name in the city.
Valarmathi has currently been serving as the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation and the Secretary of Literary Wing of the ADMK party.
