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An Italian national, suspected to be infected with coronavirus, has been kept in isolation at a Tezpur hotel and he is being constantly monitored by the Sonitpur district and health department officials.

Sonitpur district joint health director Krishna Kemprai said, โ€œOn receiving the information of the arrival of the Italian national in Tezpur the health department and district administration swung into action.โ€

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โ€œSuspecting he might be infected with coronavirus, we immediately informed the WHO authorities,โ€ Kemprai said.

โ€œResponding quickly, a WHO team collected PCR from the foreign national after conducting a health check-up. The samples have been sent to Guwahati for a laboratory test,โ€ Kemprai added.

โ€œThe foreign national would be kept under observation for two days to see is he shows any signs coronavirus infection,โ€ Kemprai added.

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