At least 16 out of the 78 evacuees on Tuesday have tested positive for Covid-19. The infected evacuees had landed at the Indira Gandhi Inter...
At least 16 out of the 78 evacuees on Tuesday have tested positive for Covid-19. The infected evacuees had landed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport from Kabul, including three Sikhs, who brought back with them the Guru Granth Sahib from Afghanistan Gurdwaras.
Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and V Muraleedharan received the Guru Granth Sahib brought from Afghanistan at Delhi airport from the Sikhs, coming in contact with the infected people.
All the Covid positive have been admitted to LNJP Hospital while the rest have been quarantined at an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp in south-west Delhi’s Chhawla.
All the evacuees coming from Afghanistan will have to undergo quarantine for 14 days at the ITBP quarantine centre at Chhawla in south-west Delhi, according to the Health Ministry guidelines.
“As the Covid-19 immunization status of these individuals is unknown, and the exact extent of Covid-19 transmission (including circulation of variants) in Afghanistan is unclear at present, so as a matter of abundant precaution, it has been decided that the arriving persons shall undergo a mandatory minimum 14 days’ institutional quarantine at Sector Headquarters Logistic and Communications, Indo Tibetan Border Police, Chhawla Camp,” the Union Health Ministry’s office memorandum said.
Earlier on Tuesday, 78 people, including 46 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, flew into Delhi from Kabul via Dushanbe on an Air India flight along with three copies of the Guru Granth Sahib.
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