209 foreign returned people under house arrest
Bengaluru,23 March(HS): 209 people who returned from different countries have been placed under house arrest in Ballari district as a precaution to prevent the Coronavirus widespread.
SS Nakul, Ballari Deputy Commissioner disclosed this information to media persons at Hospet in Ballari district this afternoon.
Yesterday alone people have returned from 29 different countries and all of them are being quarantined in their houses. They have been strictly instructed not to venture out from their houses while the government staff is keeping eye on all such houses, informed the DC.
16 samples have proved negative and the test results of the other three are awaited, he informed.
