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Coronavirus: Section 144 imposed in Rajasthan, three new cases confirmed in Jhunjhunu
Of the seven cases in the state, three have tested negative after treatment.
Health Minister Raghu Sharma said that the three are from the same family and had returned from Italy on March 8. (File Photo)
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot issued directions for imposing prohibitory orders across the state till March 31 in view of coronavirus, officials said Wednesday.
Chairing a meeting on COVID-19 at his office on Wednesday, Gehlot authorised the District Magistrates and the Subdivisional officers to issue the necessary directions to impose prohibition on gathering of people under CrCP section 144. The CM also appealed that mosques, temples and other religious and public places should advise people to not gather in one place. While schools and colleges had been shut earlier, the CM issued directions that parent-teacher meetings be stopped and the admission process should do away with the presence of parents and their children. Moreover, private and public libraries are to be shut till March 31.
Meanwhile, three new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Jhunjhunu, taking the total number of coronavirus positive cases in the state to seven. Of these, three have been declared coronavirus negative after treatment. The CM issued directions for imposition of curfew in one kilometre radius of the home of the patients for the next two days.
Health Minister Raghu Sharma said that all three hail from the same family and had returned from Italy on March 8. After they reported that they were unwell, their samples were sent to Jaipur, where coronavirus was confirmed Wednesday. Sharma said that all three are being brought to Jaipur for treatment.
In the meeting at the CMO, Gehlot issued instructions that those arriving from abroad via air should be taken to the hotels nearby and screened there. For this purpose, three hotels have been chosen. Those showing symptoms will be asked to stay under home isolation and hands of these suspected patients will be stamped. Moreover, a notice will also be pasted outside their homes in this regard, so that neighbours maintain a safe distance.
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