About 500 people entered self-isolation at the Presidential House in the Indian capital on Tuesday after a worker's relative tested positive for coronavirus, officials said, as the number of cases nationwide neared 18,000 despite a strict lockdown.
The alarm was raised at President Ram Nath Kovind's residence in the centre of Delhi after the daughter-in-law of a sanitation worker living in the workers' quarters tested positive, officials said.Neither President Kovind, 74, or his aides were required to self-isolate, but palace workers' families living in 114 apartments on the grounds were ordered to stay inside, while the seven members of the sanitation worker's family were moved to a quarantine facility.
The palace, Rashtrapati Bhavan, was the former residence of the viceroy during British colonial times, and lies at the head of the ceremonial boulevard, Rajpath, at the opposite end from India Gate.
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