The state government of Maharashtra stamped the left hand of people placed under a 2-week quarantine using indelible ink for the purpose of easier identification .
After many suspected patients fled from isolation wards of hospitals , the state government directed officials at hospitals and airports to stamp the left hand of people placed under 14-day home quarantine with details of their quarantine period using indelible ink , so as to easily identify them .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Maharashtra