18 Mapusa fish vendors test +ve

Saligao: The Mapusa fish market will now reopen only after Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations.

The Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) took this decision on Monday after 18 fish vendors, out of 29 whose swabs were collected, tested positive for Covid-19.

These affected fish vendors are contacts of the fish vendor from Nerul who had tested positive last week, after which the municipality shut down the market.

“We have decided to keep the fish market closed till the end of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. However, the main market will remain open,” Mapusa municipality chairperson Ryan Braganza told TOI.