Five persons tested positive for the coronavirus in Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune in Maharashtra

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Mar 15, 2020

9:00AM

Five persons tested positive for the coronavirus in Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune in Maharashtra

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Five persons tested positive for the coronavirus in Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune yesterday, raising the number of confirmed patients in Pune district to 15 and in Maharashtra to 31.

State's disease surveillance officer Dr. Pradip Awate said, three women and two men from the Pimpri-Chinchwad area tested positive. He said, four of them had come in contact with a group that had returned from Dubai. While another person had visited Thailand recently.

State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said, shopping malls across the state will remain closed till the month-end.

The State government also issued a directive that all schools and colleges will remain closed till March 31. Tope also said that examinations of classes one to nine will be postponed if these are being held currently, only 10th and 12th board exams will take place as per schedule.