Jaunpur became the 17th district of Uttar Pradesh where the state government ordered lockdown after a man was found infected with coronavirus, an official said.
The government official said that a 30-year-old man who had returned from Saudi Arabia tested positive for novel coronavirus infection on Monday.
“The test was carried out in a laboratory of IMS, Banaras Hindu University, and it was positive. He has been put in isolation and the family members are being quarantined. Tests of the people who came in contact with him are also being carried out,” he said, adding that following this lockdown was ordered in Jaunpur..
Earlier, lockdown was ordered in Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Moradabad, Agra , Prayagraj, Aligarh, Bareilly, Varanasi, Meerut , Azamgarh , Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, and Lakhimpur Kheri. Pilibhit was added to this list after a 45-year-old woman, who returned from Saudi Arabia after attending Umra, tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have an interaction with people of Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, on coronavirus on March 25.
In a tweet on Monday, the prime minister said on March 25 at 1700 hours he would interact with the people of his Varanasi constituency through video conferencing.
“If you have any questions then write it on the comment section of Narendra Modi app,” he said, asking people to join his interaction programme.