As an ongoing part of the various coronavirus prevention activities, 1890 persons with travel history have been quarantined in Chennai Metro City!
According to data available with the civic body, out of the above 1890 cases, Teynampet and Adyar zones of the city corporation have the highest number of people quarantined in their houses.
A total of 1,890 people have been quarantined. In Teynampet alone, a total of 522 people have been quarantined, of which 341 have completed the quarantine period of 28 days.
As a measure of comparison, mapped against the Teynampet zone’s population of around 8 lakhs, the Thiru Vi Ka Nagar zone with around the same population has only 88 cases. In the Adyar zone, 293 people are quarantined.
The corporation officials said that, however, those quarantined are not symptomatic so far.
They have been quarantined only on the basis of their travel history to Corona-affected countries after they were screened at the airport.
A senior corporation official observed, “These are simply precautionary measures. These people don’t have symptoms”.