Agra: Agra Mayor Naveen Jain urged the Centre to close all the historical monuments in the Country including the Taj Mahal till the situation doesn’t come under control. Speaking to the media persons on Friday he said that in the wake of Corona virus outbreak, foreign tourists visit Agar in a large number.

He also said that there are chances to increase Corona virus in the city during the visit of foreign tourists. The Uttar Pradesh Government has strengthened surveillance and control measures against the disease. Uttar Pradesh has cross-notified 532 travellers to other states and details of 26 travellers have been shared with the NCDC and the Centre for International cross-notification.

This comes after the number of confirmed Corona virus cases reached 31 in India. The contagious virus has killed over 3, 200 people across the world. The Novel Corona virus disease, dubbed Covid-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO), was first detected in China’s Wuhan in December 2019 and has since spread to more than 20 Countries.