AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, April 4 (TIWN): Although Tripura State Govt had urged everyone to disclose their travel history if flied from other states amid COVID-19 outbreak, but after testing 72 persons negative in Delhi’s Nizamuddin case, today more 16 persons in addition were taken to quarantine as they visited Delhi this month to attend Nizamuddin programme. Talking to an official, he informed that the samples will be taken today and now all the identified COVID suspected persons will be taken to cooperative for quarantine. A medical team visited the area and have taken them for quarantine. Few of them are actually residents of Mumbai, but stuck in Tripura due to lockdown after they travelled here after Nizamuddin programme. Till yesterday total quarantined people were 6620 in Tripura which have now increased to 6636. Now, total 6620 quarantined persons are in state, whereas 3204 persons have completed observations. Earlier, all the 72 Nizamuddin returning persons tested negative here in Tripura. Dept has instructed to re-test all for satisfaction who are suspects of COVID-19. Moreover, two Tripura men have been tested positive in Rajasthan’s Bikaner, who attended Nizamuddin programme in Delhi for sometimes but came in contact with COVID-19 infected gathering.

Health Secretary Debasish Basu has told media about it but he mentioned that they were informed verbally, not in written forms yet and as per the telephonic conversation, both persons’ health are in stable condition.

The Govt officials signaled that there is nothing to be panic as nobody was found positive inside the state and all tests resulted negative.

Addressing media, Basu said, “We have got an information that total 11 persons of team from Boxonagar went to Delhi on 5th March. All of them then went to Bikanir after Delhi programme and after identified by Govt as Nizamuddin attenders, all the 11 persons were tested and according to the Rajasthan Govt information, 2 persons are positive. Rest 9 persons were kept in formal quarantine”.

Another official said that both of their health conditions are stable.

In Tripura, nobody was found positive yet and massive testing are going on.