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Coronavirus: Manipur Placed Under Curfew After 23-year-old Tests Positive

The 23-year-old arrived in Imphal via Kolkata and Agartala on March 21. According to officials, she did not exhibit symptoms when she arrived but was placed under home quarantine.

Coronavirus: Manipur Placed Under Curfew After 23-year-old Tests Positive
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An indefinite curfew has been clamped in Manipur after a 23-year-old, who recently arrived from the United Kingdom, tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Tuesday. It is the first positive case in the North eastern states. 

바카라The entire state is under curfew from today morning. We don바카라t want to take any chances,바카라 said J Suresh Babu, Chief Secretary, Manipur.

Manipur바카라s Director of Health Services, K Rajo Singh, confirmed today that 바카라One 23-year-old Manipuri person returning from UK (England) has tested positive in the morning바카라바카라 

Singh said the patient has been kept at the isolation ward of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences. 

The 23-year-old arrived in Imphal via Kolkata and Agartala on March 21. According to officials, she did not exhibit symptoms when she arrived but was placed under home quarantine. 바카라She was brought to the hospital after she developed symptoms and this morning she tested positive,바카라 an official said. 

Babu said the officials are working to trace everyone who came in contact with the 23-year-old. 바카라We have alerted Agartala as well,바카라 he told Outlook

Over 6,400 persons remain in home quarantine in Manipur while at least 20 have been tested so far. The state officials have also identified facilities to treat Covid-19 patients if there is a need. 바카라The entire complex of JNIMS and RIMS (two Centre-run Medical colleges) can be converted to exclusive covid-19 treatment facilities if there is a need,바카라 Babu said. 

The state was among the first to start screening incoming visitors. 바카라We were the first state to start 100% screening at both airports and land entry points from February 1. So far, over 1,80,000 have been screened,바카라 Babu said. The state also locked down all entry-exit gates on its border with Myanmar on March 10. 

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