New Delhi: Suspected coronavirus patients being taken to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital from Delhi's Nizamuddin area where a religious congregation of 2000 people at a mosque has thrown up several corona positive cases as six of the persons who returned to Telangana have died from the virus and positive cases are emerging from at least five regions including J&K, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar islands; on March 31, 2020. The suspected outbreak was discovered earlier today in Delhi as it emerged that several hid their travel history to foreign countries and a large congregation was held on March 13-5 at the at the Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Markaz in Nizamuddin. The area was sealed today and hundreds of those present were whisked away to hospitals. With this the coronavirus death toll in the country is 43 while the total number of cases has risen to 1,280. (Photo: IANS)

Centre directs States and UTs to immediately trace Talibghi Jamaat workers

On Apr 1, 2020

New Delhi, 1st April: The Centre has directed all the states and union territories to immediately trace and quarantine the estimated 2,000 foreign Tabligh-e-Jamaat workers present in India, as a number of them tested positive for Coronavirus after attending a religious gathering in Delhi and six died in Telangana.

The Home Ministry in a letter to all chief secretaries and police heads told them to deport all foreign Jamaat followers who test negative for the deadly virus to their countries “by the first available flights”.

The directive comes as many participants of a huge religious gathering organised by the Jamaat this month in South Delhi’s Nizamuddin West area complained that they have symptoms of COVID-19. At least 24 of them later tested positive in Delhi and another six died in Telangana due to the virus.