kochi life was more or less normal in mattancherry and chullickal from where the first covid19 death in the state was reported on saturday however people have become more vigilant as most of them were seen staying indoors on sunday meanwhile health workers and councillors have been taking measures to build confidence among the public especially those living in the apartment complex where the deceased was residing we are providing those in quarantine with medicines and other essential commodities said jayanthi premnath councillor representing chullickal division there are 42 people in quarantine in the apartment complex where the deceased had been living we were in constant touch with some of the people residing in the apartment complex updating them regarding the condition of the patient we had asked them to give others mental support in case the person under treatment dies so they managed the situation well she addedat the same time people have become more dependent as they have been calling up health workers councillors and other volunteers for fixing even petty issues there are incidents of homemakers who are in home quarantine seeking support for replacing empty gas cylinders with new ones a homemaker had sought support from us in this regard she and her mentallyretarded son are living in a house earlier the delivery boys with gas agencies or some of the neighbours would help them now nobody is ready to help them said antony francis councillor premnath too faced a similar experience given the situation we are unable to send anybody to their houses we have sought the help from health department for the time being we have been giving cooked meals to the family she saidmeanwhile peoples representatives who attended a meeting convened by agriculture minister v s sunil kumar at kochi corporation office on sunday raised questions regarding tracking of contacts of housemaid who worked in the apartment complex where the deceased had been living the woman would certainly have used the lift and then would have gone to the bus stop and boarded a bus then she would have gone to market before reaching her house at another apartment complex we asked the district authorities whether her route mapping was done they just nodded and didnt explain one of the councillors who raised the issue saidaccording to health department officials the death of a person with severe comorbidities underline the need for protecting those belonging to highrisk group youngsters and healthy persons should protect the elderly and those with comorbidities proper sanitization as part of break the chain project should be done this will help reduce the risk said dr mathew numbelil district manager national health mission and one of the persons leading covid19 care activities in the district