Srinagar, Apr 1: At least 221 persons who were quarantined here in different hotels and other government buildings here have tested negative. All these persons have been sent back to their homes with a direction that they should quarantine themselves in homes for next 14 days.
These people were quarantined after they arrived in Srinagar from different parts of the country and abroad. From past two weeks they were staying in a Srinagar and adjacent areas.
Assistant Commissioner Srinagar, Hanif Balkhi told KNT that more people quarantined at different places whose tests will turn out negative will be sent back to their homes with a direction that they should quarantine themselves in their respective homes. “We have to break the chain and it is possible only when we maintain social distancing and stop coming out from our homes un-necessarily,” he said.
He said 221 persons were sent back to their homes in SRTC buses. (KNT)
