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Two Mumbai returnees test positive for COVID-19 in Manipur

May 16, 2020, 18:25 IST

PTI

Imphal, May 16 () A 75-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man have tested positive for COVID-19 in Manipur,taking the total number of active cases in the state to four,officials said on Saturday.

The two persons had recently arrived from Mumbai,where one of them underwent treatment at the Tata MemorialHospital, they said.

They reached Imphal on May 14 in a hired vehicle andwere placed under quarantine at the RD Wing in Lamphel, whichhad been set up to quarantine patients returning from otherstates following treatment.

On Friday, a nursing professional, who was underquarantine, tested positive and was shifted to an isolationward of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences here.

Manipur was declared a zero positive COVID-19 state byChief Minister N Biren Singh on April 19, after twocoronavirus patients recovered. CORRRBT RBT

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