Guwahati hotel sealed, staff & guests quarantined as corona patient of Tripura stayed there

April 9: A hotel in Paltan Bazar area of Guwahati was sealed for sanitisation as the COVID-19 patient from Tripura revealed her travel history and confirmed that she stayed in that hotel in Guwahati on March 16 and 17, 2020. Also 16 staff members of the hotel were put under quarantine after it was reported that she stayed in that hotel.

Apart from the staff, 15 guests of the hotel were also put under medical observation. The women had come to Guwahati from Tripura on March 15. She visited Kamakhya Temple and stayed at the residence of a priest in the temple premises. She then stayed in the hotel on March 16 and 17. The authorities have also sent the priest along with his family to quarantine.

During her stay in Guwahati, she also visited Vishal Mega Mart in Paltan Bazar on March 17^th, 2020.  The administration has taken steps to sanitize the entire building of the complex. The people visiting the Vishal Megha Mart on March 17 are advised to visit a medical facility if they had any sort of medical issues.

As per reports, authorities are in search of six more people who had travelled with her in the same coach of Tripura Sundari Express on the return journey. She is at present undergoing treatment at GBP Hospital in Agartala and her condition was also learnt to be stable.