Jammu, At least 1,500 people have been shifted to quarantine centres in J&K to ensure social distancing in the union territory, police said on Friday.

Among those shifted into quarantine are 1,200 people who have a foreign travel history and 300 police recruits.

A batch of 300 police recruits has been sent to a quarantine centre in Kathua district, UT police chief Dilbag Singh said here.

Singh appealed to the people to call police control rooms if they notice any person in their area who could have avoided the mandatory quarantine after returning from abroad.

The police chief acknowledged the cooperation of the general public who had voluntarily come forward for quarantine and also of those who had called the police in different districts to give information about people who tried to jump quarantine.