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Currency notes turn out to be 'culprits' carrying coronavirus: AP police

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Press Trust of India Amaravati(AP)
Last Updated : Apr 16 2020 | 4:52 PM IST

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This "phenomenon" rings "danger bells" in the state as online transactions are minimal and mostly business is done through cash transactions, the police said, highlighting the "emerging pattern of new tested Covid-19 positive cases."
When asked how the police deduced that currency notes could be a carrier of the coronavirus, DGP D G Sawang told PTI: "There is no proof or any established evidence of contamination by currency notes of any kind whatsoever in the state."
Petrol stations, kirana shops, vegetable and fruit vendors and pharmacists also collect money from customers and in the process "may come into contact with contaminated notes."


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First Published: Apr 16 2020 | 4:52 PM IST

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