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COVID-19: Balrampur district admin in UP sends over 6,600 people for quarantine

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Press Trust of India Balrampur (UP)
Last Updated : Mar 29 2020 | 4:08 PM IST

The Balrampur district administration has started quarantining more than 6,600 people who have arrived from abroad and other states here amid the nationwide lockdown, an official said on Sunday.

District Magistrate Karuna Karunesh said, "To stop the spread of coronavirus, as many as 6,137 people coming from other states have been identified and sent to quarantine centres. Apart from this, 513 people who arrived from foreign countries including 125 people who arrived from Saudi Arabia and 99 from Oman have been quarantined."

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First Published: Mar 29 2020 | 4:08 PM IST

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