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Coronavirus: Three in Maharashtra's Beed under observation

Three persons in Maharashtra's Beed district are under observation as they had traveled to Dubai with four persons in Pune who have tested positive for the coronavirus

Reported by: PTI Beed Published on: March 11, 2020 10:15 IST
Three in Maharashtra's Beed under observation
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Three in Maharashtra's Beed under observation

Three persons in Maharashtra's Beed district are under observation as they had traveled to Dubai with four persons in Pune who have tested positive for the coronavirus, a health official said here on Tuesday. The persons from Beed did not show any symptoms of the virus but were under watch as a precaution, he clarified.

Three people tested positive for the coronavirus in Pune on Tuesday. All three had come in contact with a man and

a woman who had tested positive a day earlier.

According to health authorities in Beed, a group of 40 persons had traveled to Dubai and returned on March 1. Some of those found positive in Pune were part of the group. Three people -- two men and a woman -- from Beed were also part of the same group, said district civil surgeon AshokThorat here.

These Beed residents were duly tested and were not found to have any infection, he said.

"Still, as a precaution, we will be monitoring their health till March 28," he added. 

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