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The samples of 27 persons from Dibrugarh, which were collected on Tuesday, tested negative for coronavirus. The test reports were out on Wednesday.

These persons had attended a religious gathering in New Delhi recently.

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Nodal officer of Dibrugarh joint director of health services Nabajyoti Gogoi, said, โ€œYesterday, we have collected 27 samples from Dibrugarh. Half of them took part in a religious congregation in New Delhi.โ€

โ€ The test reports were out today and all of them were found to be negative. Today we have collected 15 samples and tomorrow we will get the result,โ€ Gogoi said.

โ€œHowever, 3,600 people have been put under home quarantine as a precautionary step against COVID-19,โ€ he further said.

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Avik Chakraborty is Northeast Now Correspondent in Dibrugarh. He can be reached at: [email protected]