Coronavirus in India: 9 Italian tourists, guide quarantined in MP

The Italian tourists and their Indian guide reached here in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday evening by road after travelling by train to Jhansi from Agra.

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They were taken to a quarantine facility at Naugaon | Representative Image
Press Trust of India Chhatarpur (MP)
1 min read Last Updated : Mar 04 2020 | 8:47 PM IST

Nine Italian tourists and their Indian guide were sent to a quarantine facility here on Wednesday for suspected exposure to the novel coronavirus, an official said.

The Italian tourists and their Indian guide reached here in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday evening by road after travelling by a train to Jhansi from Agra, he said.

They were taken to a quarantine facility at Naugaon near here, district collector Sheelendra Singh told PTI. "Two of them are suffering form cough and cold. They have been quarantined as a precaution," he said.

 

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Topics :CoronavirusMadhya Pradesh

First Published: Mar 04 2020 | 7:54 PM IST

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