Jaipur: Samples of 11 suspects collected and quarantined on Tuesday soon after the Italian couple admitted to SMS Hospital on testing positive of COVID19.
The suspects are two Italians, one person from Hong Kong and another Hong Kong and the remaining are seven Indians. They didn't show any coronavirus symptoms, but had been quarantined because of their travel history, and are admitted to RUHS Pratap nagar.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Raghu Sharma has asked for a new isolation facility at the Rajasthan University of Health and Science (RUHS).
ACS (health) Rohit Kumar Singh has asked district nodal officers to adopt special precautions in their districts. The nodal officers in Jhunjhunu, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Jaipur districts have been asked to visit the sites toured by tourists from Italy and make arrangements for sampling and isolation of the people who came in their contact.
Sharma said over 26,000 travellers from 168 flights had been screened at airports.
