Maha: 10 from Nagpur coronavirus hotspot hide in godown; held

Nagpur, Apr 24 () Ten people from a coronavirushotspot in Nagpur in Maharashtra who were refusing to getthemselves quarantined or tested were nabbed from hiding, saidmunicipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe on Saturday.

There are around 30 families in Satranjipura area whohave been quarantined as 55 COVID-19 cases were detected thereand the ten were connected to the area, he said.

"Late Friday night, we got information that somepeople related to these 30 families are hiding in nearbyKalamana area. A team comprising medical staff and policereached the area and nabbed 10 people hiding in a godownthere. They were shifted to a quarantine centre," Mundhe said.

"It is unfortunate that people are behaving in such amanner. They are not cooperating with authorities who aretrying their best to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Actionwill be taken if those who have symptoms or those who havebeen in contact with patients do not come forward to gettested," he said.

Mundhe also said Nagpur Municipal Corporation had madearrangements to get pregnant women in hotspots tested for thevirus by a team of gynecologists. CLSBNM BNM