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Three quarantine centers in Garhwal and two in Kumaon for migrants

It was arranged for people coming from outside to Uttarakhand that all the migrants would be quarantined in Haridwar itself, but the district administration was told that the maximum number of people coming in, let alone quarantining them in Haridwar This is not possible. It was considered till late in the night. Then orders were made to make arrangements in different districts.

DM C Ravi Shankar said that Haldwani and Rudrapur have been made the center for Haridwar, Kotdwar, Munikireti and Kumaon for Garhwal.

In Haridwar, migrants from four districts will be quarantined and examined. CMO Dr. Saroj Naithani said that samples of 230 people from outside were taken on Thursday. These samples will be examined through the pool. 20–20 samples will be included in a pool. If the report of a group comes positive, then all its 20 samples will be examined separately. DMC Ravi Shankar said that apart from Haridwar, the migrants from Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi and Chamoli have been quarantined in Haridwar and their medical examination has been arranged. . To quarantine 50 places have been arranged in the entire district including Haridwar, Jwalapur, Piran Kaliyar.

He said that 479 people boarding a train carrying 1607 migrants from Mumbai were quarantined in Piran Collier under the same arrangement late Wednesday. The DM said that as the number of migrants continues to increase, they will be quarantined at the designated places. Until the reports of samples come, these people will stay in these centers. If reported positive, it will be isolated and treated. Those whose reports will come negative will be sent home. All the arrangements have been made in the quarantine centers. In addition to 479 people who came from Mumbai, 127 people by road were also institutionalized. This includes 78 people from the Narsan border, 27 from Bhagwanpur Kali river and 20 from Mandawar. These people were coming here from Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan.

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