Around 49 people, who returned to Gujarat after participating in the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, have tested coronavirus positive in two days, officials said on Sunday.
Of the 533 people who were tested at Sabarmati Railway Station of the city on Saturday and Sunday, as many as 49 persons were found positive after the rapid antigen tests led by the civic health teams, a statement by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said.
All the infected persons were moved to Covid Care Centres in the city, it said.
On Saturday afternoon, when tested 313 Kumbh returnees on their arrival in Sabarmati by a train from Haridwar, 34 were tested positive, the release said.
On Sunday, of the total number of 220 Kumbh returnees tested at the station, 15 were found infected.
In order to control the spread of the virus in the state, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had on Saturday announced that people returning to the state after attending the Kumbh Mela will have to undergo COVID-19 test before they are permitted to enter their respective cities and villages.
Collectors of all the districts in Gujarat were directed to keep a watch on the Kumbh Mela returnees and enforce a ”nakabandi” (security checking) to prevent their entry into their hometowns without undergoing tests.
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