Thirty-one residents of Adigrat in the Tigray region were put in quarantine over coronavirus fears after coming into contact with an infected truck driver who returned from Djibouti on Tuesday.

Ten female and twenty-one males were placed under quarantine after coming in contact with a driver who came to the town via Mekele where he had a test but headed to Adigrat before his results were delivered. His results later came back positive, according to the BBC Tigrigna.

Tigray region has 92 confirmed cases, according to a tally Thursday.

In Ensaro woreda of the Amhara region, 57 people who attended a funeral ceremony of a man who tested positive for the virus in the post-mortem exam have been placed under quarantine. Health officials reportedly placed the villagers under quarantine because of the ‘risk’ they have may have caught the deadly COVID infection.

Image: Health Minister Lia Tadesse with the Tigray region’s president Debretsion Gebremichael on June 9 in Mekele