Uttarakhand govt monitoring 272 people for coronavirus: Official

At least 272 people who returned from China to Uttarakhand have been kept under home isolation and are being monitored by the state's health department twice a day for any signs of the coronavirus, a government official said. The Uttarakhand government will soon set up emergency makeshift hospitals in Haridwar and Haldwani to tackle a possible virus outbreak, he added.