Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 31
2,100 foreigners came since Jan 1
- On March 21, there were about 1,746 persons, including 216 foreigners, staying at Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz
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Additionally, about 824 foreigners had been, as on March 21, doing Tablighi activities in various parts of the country.
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It is estimated that from January 1 onwards this year, approximately 2,100 foreigners had visited India for Tablighi activities
Sharing the details of foreign and Indian Tablighi Jamaat workers, the government today committed that it will identify, isolate and quarantine such people found to be Covid-19 positive.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, while giving the timeline of the turn of event, said it shared details of foreign and Indian Tablighi Jamaat workers in India with all states on March 21 after Covid-19 positive cases among these workers surfaced in Telangana.
The MHA said as many as 2,100 foreigners visited India for Tablighi activities since January 1 this year and all of them first reported at its headquarters in Delhi’s Nizamuddin, which has apparently become a coronavirus hotspot.
The swift action was taken with a view to identify, isolate and quarantine those who might be Covid-19 positive, it said, adding that instructions were also issued by MHA to Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police (DGPs) of all states as well as Commissioner of Police, Delhi. The advisories were also reiterated by the Director Intelligence Bureau (DIB) to all State DGP on March 28 and 29.
Meanwhile, Tablighi Jamaat attendees staying in the Markaz in Nizamuddin, Delhi, were also persuaded for medical screening by state authorities and Police. By March 29, nearly 162 of them were medically screened and shifted to quarantine facilities. So far, over 1,500 Tablighi Jamaat members have been shifted to Narela, Sultanpuri and Bakkarwala quarantine facilities and 411, who have been found having Covid-19 symptoms were referred to different government hospitals in the national capital.
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