Five in bus from Ajmer carrying 43 test Covid +ve in Assam

GUWAHATI: Forty-three returning pilgrims in a single bus from Ajmer Sharif, which falls in the red zone, has become the latest worry for the Assam government after five of them tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The latest cases have pushed up the total number of Covid-19-positive persons in the state to 49, among whom 14 are active.
All passengers of the bus were home quarantined, but after one of them tested positive on Wednesday night, everybody, who were sent to home quarantine, were brought to institutional quarantine and their samples were taken, following which four of them tested positive on Thursday evening. The two drivers of the bus have also been sent to a quarantine facility.
The state government has accused the Ajmer district administration of not ensuring social distancing norms when it allowed 43 pilgrims from the state, including eight children, to travel in one bus.