This story is from April 18, 2020

Sonbhadra admin on alert as 8 return from Jaunpur

Sonbhadra admin on alert as 8 return from Jaunpur
Varanasi: The officials of Sonbhadra district swung into action after they were informed that eight natives of the district, who spent quarantine period at a shelter home in Jaunpur district, have been sent to their homes.
These eight persons, though found asymptomatic, had travelled in the bus with a 32-year-old man of Delhi who was tested positive for Covid-19 on April 15.
The Delhi man was quarantined at a shelter home in Sukkhipur area since April 3.
Sonbhadra district magistrate S Rajalingam received the letter, dated April 15, sent by the Jaunpur DM regarding the movement of these persons on Thursday. Following this communication, the Sonbhadra administration sent a medical team to the villages of these eight people to collect their samples and to quarantine them as a precautionary measure.
The health personnel and police rushed to Salaiyadih and Gidhiya village on Thursday in search of these persons. All of them were taken to the district hospital and were quarantined. Meanwhile, all types of movement have been restricted completely in the two villages.
The DM said that all of these persons are asymptomatic, and they have been quarantined as a precautionary measure. He also made an appeal to the public to beware of rumours.
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