This Article is From Mar 24, 2020

Noida Woman With No Foreign Travel History Tests Positive For Coronavirus

The husband and the daughter of the woman have been quarantined, while their housing society has been completely sealed.

Noida Woman With No Foreign Travel History Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Uttar Pradesh has recorded 33 coronavirus positive cases till now.

Noida:

A 47-year-old woman with no recent history of foreign travel has tested positive for coronavirus in Noida, taking the number of coronavirus cases in Gautam Buddh Nagar district to nine, officials said today.

The husband and the daughter of the woman have been quarantined, while their housing society has been completely sealed -- no entry or exit allowed except in emergency cases, the administration said.

"A new positive case for coronavirus has been detected.... The society has been temporarily sealed from 2 pm of March 24 till 10 am of March 26. Entry into or exit from the society will not be allowed during the period," District Magistrate BN Singh said.

According to officials, the woman has no history of foreign travel but her husband is an auditor and one of his London-based clients had recently visited him.

The woman first showed symptoms of coronavirus and was tested, while the husband and the daughter's test results are awaited, the officials added.

Uttar Pradesh has recorded 33 such cases, including a foreign national, while the national figure stood at 492 - including nine deaths -- till today morning, according to Union Health Ministry data.

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