Nearly 200 people in two German tower blocks quarantined after confirmed local case of Indian Covid-19 strain

Residents in a pair

Residents in a pair of tower blocks in western Germany have been confined to their rooms after one woman who lives there tested positive for the Indian variant of Covid-19, local health officials have said.

Since Sunday, some 189 people have been ordered to quarantine at their residences in Velbert, near Dusseldorf, head of the local health ministry Marcus Kowalczyk told news agency DPA on Tuesday.

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