23 placed under home quarantine in Nagpur as a precaution

Nagpur Updates March 24, 2020

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Commuter taking precaution by wearing available masks to protect themselves during train journey and crowded railway stations at CSMT on Tuesday. Express photo by Prashant Nadkar, Tuesday 17th March 2020, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

To date, Nagpur has seen four positive coronavirus patients. (Express photo: Prashant Nadkar) TEN tourist guides and 13 Gypsy drivers in the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) in the Nagpur district have been placed in home quarantine as a precautionary measure since they came into contact with foreign tourists before the government ordered the closure of all national parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves for tourists on 18 March.

“We have been told by the local Sub-Divisional Magistrate to get all of them checked. We have followed the Directive. They’ve all had no symptoms, but we’ve put them in quarantine at home for fourteen days. “The governor said,” Tourists came from the UK and visited the park on March 14 and 17 in two groups of nine and 20 members.