1st COVID19 case in North-East, Manipur woman who returned from UK tests positive
Imphal, Mar 24: Manipur has reported its first case of coronavirus after a 23-year-old woman who returned from the United Kingdom tested positive.
The woman is reportedly a student in the UK. This is the first case in the northeast.
Meanwhile, the patient has been put under isolation at a hospital, and her family members too have been quarantined.
The family is being tested for the pandemic disease.
Manipur is among the 32 states and union territories that are under a complete lockdown to contain the rapid spread of coronavirus.
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