Chandigarh: South Africa returnee booked for violating home quarantine
Amid growing concerns over Covid-19 variant Omicron, a South Africa returnee has been booked for violating home quarantine protocol in Chandigarh.
According to information, she had returned from South Africa on December 1. Her RT-PCR report was negative.
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On December 2, she broke home quarantine protocol and checked into a hotel. Her repeat sampling was due on December 8, said Yashpal Garg, Secy-Health, Chandigarh. A case has been booked in Sector 19 police station.
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Meanwhile, the local administration has been asked to direct hotels to ask for the 15-day travel history of international travellers.
The returnee and the two positive contacts were shifted to an institutional quarantine (GMCH-32) on Monday. Eight community contacts of his wife were tested at GMCH-32 for Covid19.