Over 5,600 under home quarantine in Uzbekistan

AKIPRESS.COM - Some 5,661 people are under home quarantine in Uzbekistan as of March 16. Some 641 people more have been isolated in medical facilities and resorts, who contacted with those testing positive for coronavirus.
Uzbekistan confirmed 8 coronavirus cases so far. None of them are in critical condition, Health Minister Alisher Shadmanov said.
"During check at the airport, our workers found a heightened temperature with the thermal scanner of the man, who arrived from Turkey. He was taken by the ambulance car to the Virology Institute. Then he tested positive for coronavirus. The man did not leave the airport himself," Health Minister Shadmanov said.
The list of passengers arriving in Tashkent from Istanbul was made. They all are under quarantine.
People under home quarantine did not contact directly with the patients with COVID-19, but contacted those who are under quarantine in medical facilities.