13 Iranian tourists quarantined at Indian hotel
International Desk Published: 6 March 2020, 02:54 PM
| Updated: 6 March 2020, 02:55 PM
A 13-member group of tourists from Iran have been quarantined at a hotel in Amritsar and have been asked to not go out till their medical examination is completed, an official said.
They reached Amritsar on Thursday night, the official added.
They have been quarantined at their hotel rooms, Amritsar Civil Surgeon Prabhdeep Kaur told PTI over phone.
We are conducting a proper medical examination, she said adding that they have been asked to not leave the hotel till their medical examination gets over as a precautionary measure.
If any of them are found symptomatic (for coronavirus), then samples will be taken, she pointed out.
Source: The Hindu
