Ace boxer and Rajya Sabha MP Mary Kom allegedly broke the 14-day quarantine protocol amid panic over a possibility of community transmission of the novel coronavirus, which has been put in place by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the governments across the world.
Mary Kom, who had competed in the Asia-Oceania Olympicqualifiers in Amman, Jordan, had returned home on March 13 and was supposed tobe in self-isolation for a minimum of 14 days amid the ongoing coronaviruspandemic.
However, she attended the breakfast hosted byPresident Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 18.
Mary Kom's pictures of attending the breakfast programme were seen in one of the four pictures tweeted by the official Twitter handle of President of India, where she was seen with other Member of Parliaments. The caption of the photos reads as "President Kovind hosted Members of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan for breakfast at Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning."
BJP lawmaker Dushyant Singh, who came in contact withinfected Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor, was also there at the President'sHouse on the same day. Singh is now in self-quarantine.
Boxing coach Santiago Nieva had on Friday while quotedby news agency IANS said that the members of the Indian boxing contingent, whoparticipated in Jordan, are all under the mandatory 14-day quarantine.
"10 days we had planned but now it becomes 14 days. So after 10 days, I am working on a training programme which I will send them. After this period they can start on that. If this is not solved within two weeks then we will have to continue like this as best as we can," Nieva had said.
Meanwhile, Mary Kom has also admitted that she attended the President's event. In a statement, she said: "I am home since I came back from Jordan. I only attended the President's event and did not meet Dushyant or shake hands with. My quarantine after Jordan ends but I'm going to be at home only for the next 3-4 days."
President Kovind is himself likely to undergo coronavirustest as he also met Singh when he attended the party.
