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Manipur man who attended Nizamuddin event tests positive, cases in state rise to 2

Published on Apr 2, 2020

By IANS

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A driver, in yellow protective suit along with healthcare workers, walks towards a bus to carry the people who attended Tabligh-e-Jamaat congregation in Nizamuddin West to the LNJP Hospital for their screening and COVID-19 test, in New Delhi, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. 24 people who took part in the congregation have tested COVID-19 positive. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Imphal, April 2 (PTI): A man who attended the religious congregation at Tablighi Jamaat Markaz in Delhi's Nizamuddin West last month tested positive for Covid-19 in Manipur, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to two, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said on Thursday.

He said the development was "very sad and very serious" for a small state like Manipur.

The state-level control room on Covid-19 said ten people returned to Manipur after attending the religious congregation in Nizamuddin and of them, eight have tested negative.

Earlier, the control room had said 14 people from the state had links to the congregation.

The first case in the state was reported on March 24 when a 23-year-old woman with a travel history to the UK had tested positive.