COVID-infected DMK MP Kanimozhi casts vote wearing PPE kit (Pics)

Chennai: DMK Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital after testing positive for COVID, on Tuesday evening cast her ballot by wearing the Personal Protective Equipment kit in the polling held to elect the 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly.

A number of corona infected patients also voted during the last one hour from 1800 hrs to 1900 hrs across the State.

M. Kanimozhi, who is also the DMK’s women’s wing secretary, came in an ambulance from the hospital and voted with the PPE kit on.

She had tested positive for the virus on April 3.

#TamilNaduElections: DMK MP K Kanimozhi, who has tested positive for COVID-19, casts her vote in PPE kit at a polling station in Mylapore, Chennai.

Election Commission has designated one hour between 6 pm & 7 pm for voting by COVID positive patients. pic.twitter.com/z2G3ClKEie

— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2021

Ahead of the arrival of people infected with the corona, all personnel on duty in polling stations donned the PPE kits and facilitated their voting.

The premises were sanitised later.

The last hour of polling was earmarked for corona-infected voters or those suspected to be infected by the virus. (UNI)