The District administration has decided to shift 17 persons, who were on home quarantine after returning from foreign countries, to COVID-19 special isolation ward, set up at Ambedkar Bhavan in the city.
Deputy Commissioner M R Ravi said, all the 17 people have been convinced and have accepted to move to the isolation wards. In case, if anybody resists, they would be shifted with the help of police, he added.
(Published 23 March 2020, 15:25 IST)