NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India sealed the headquarters of a Muslim missionary group on Tuesday and purchased an examination into allegations it held spiritual conferences that officials fear may have contaminated dozens of individuals with the coronavirus.
Male wearing protective masks wait for a bus that will take them to a quarantine center, amidst concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Nizamuddin area of New Delhi, India, March 31,2020 REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
India has actually signed up 1,251 cases of the coronavirus, 32 of whom have passed away. The numbers are small compared with the United States, Italy and China but health officials state India, the world’s 2nd most populated country, faces a substantial rise that could overwhelm its weak public health system.
Among the coronavirus locations that the government of the capital, New Delhi, has flagged is a Muslim quarter where the 100- year-old Tablighi Jamaat group is based, after lots of people tested favorable for the virus and at least seven passed away.
Authorities said individuals kept going to the Tablighi center, in a five-storey structure in a neighborhood of narrow, winding lanes, from other parts of the nation and abroad and it held sermon sessions, despite government orders on social distancing.
Numerous people were crammed into the group’s structure till the weekend when authorities began taking them out for testing. More buses showed up o