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Amidst coronavirus scare, a good news trickled in from Siddharthnagar on Indo-Nepal border where as many as 16,724 quarantined people were released on Tuesday.
Siddharthnagar officials disclosed on Tuesday that 19,710 persons arriving from other places and metro cities were quarantined as precautionary measure. Of these, 12,329 had been quarantined in their houses, 7,351 in isolation centres and 40 in government hospitals.
While 2,986 persons were still quarantined, the remaining 16,724 were released from after they did not show any symptoms of the virus.
So far no individual has tested positive for COVID-19 in the district.
Meanwhile, Basti range IG Ashutosh Kumar was directed to work in Siddharthnagar till Thursday next and ensure that no one crossed over from Nepal and entered India. The porous Indo-Nepal border has been sealed by the government.
Meanwhile, in neighbouring Balrampur, 10 persons were detained for violating safety norms to avert spread of coronavirus.
Superintendent of Police of Balrampur, Dev Ranjan Verma, said that social distancing was being strictly enforced in the district.
Apart from medical stores, ration shops and petrol pumps, gas agencies and seed stores were directed not to sell items to customers who came without masks.
Verma said that action was being taken against those coming out of their homes without masks and in this process, Kamlesh, Suraj, Ramesh Kumar, Ranjit Kumar and Sanjay Kumar were arrested in Rehra Bazaar police station area.
On the other hand, Mohammad Adnan, Ram Gopal, Haider Ali, Manoj Kumar, Ehsanullah and Dhokhe were arrested in Sadullah Nagar area.
Verma said that the hands of the arrested were sanitised and they were made to put on masks.
Masks are being distributed to people with the help of journalists and social workers.