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With the state witnessing a fresh wave in increase of COVID-19 positive cases, largely due to the Hazur Sahib pilgrims brought back from Nanded, Maharashtra, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday announced that anybody entering Punjab will be medically examined and quarantined, before being allowed to go home. In a televised message, the chief minister said no resident of Punjab would be allowed to enter the state before being thoroughly examined at the inter-state border check posts. He said he had got reports that people from Haryana and Rajasthan were trying to sneak into the state in a clandestine manner to avoid being quarantined. Those found positive would be treated and others would be quarantined in official centres, he said.