Coming from these 7 countries? Stay in quarantine

News Desk

Passengers coming to Uttar Pradesh from seven countries China, Iran, Italy, South Korea, Germany, Spain, and France will have to stay in quarantine for 14 days from today. The measure will come in to effect from 5.30 pm at all airports in the state, the health department has said.

The state now has 11 coronavirus positive patients with 7 in Agra, two in Gaziabad and one each in Lucknow and Noida. The quarantine will be for passengers who travelled from or have travel history on or after February 15, 5.30 pm onwards.

To help passengers stay health department has managed 1093 quarantine beds in different districts that have airports. On arrival the passport of the passengers will be checked for travel history. Health department has already appealed passengers arriving from any foreign country to contact the helpline 18001805145 or the chief medical officer of the district they are staying.

In the state 757 travellers, are under home isolation. Till now 582 samples from Uttar Pradesh have been tested and 499 tested negative. In all 3316 passengers have been screened across the state at airports.

Meanwhile the condition of the Lucknow woman who tested positive after arrival from Canada is stable according to doctors. Her husband tested negative twice and doctor may discharged him soon, while the woman’s sample will be sent again to the lab. The health department is tracking 20 people who came in contact with the women in her stay at Lucknow in the past few days.