Deputy mayor tests positive

Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) deputy mayor Mothe Srilatha Shoban Reddy tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. The deputy mayor, who had mild symptoms, went to self-isolation at her residence.

“Those who have met me for the last few days, kindly follow the Covid protocol, get tested & take care,” she tweeted.

Incidentally, the deputy mayor tested positive for the virus after she took both the doses of Covid-19 vaccine. She was administered the second dose of the vaccine at the Urban Primary Health Center (UPHC) in Lalapet on April 20.

Recently, the deputy mayor, along with Telangana Trade Union Cell state president Shoban Reddy and locals, inspected rusted and damaged electric poles in Tarnaka division.

She also inspected sanitation works in Goshamahal, Gunfoundry, Adikmet and other divisions as part of the special sanitation drive taken up in view of increasing Covid-19 cases in GHMC limits.