Coronavirus: 170 visitors from Nepal denied entry into India, says Bengal minister

West Bengal Tourism Minister Goutam Deb said a total of 170 people were not allowed to enter India from Nepal on Saturday after the thermal screening. Though the India-Nepal border in Panitanki area in Darjeeling district is open, visitors to both the countries are being screened in wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, he said at a press conference.

Deb said visitors to Nepal from India are also being screened. He urged people returning from abroad to get their health examined and go in-home quarantine, failing which strict action will be taken against them.