BRAND-NEW DELHI (Reuters) – As coronavirus cases rose across densely-populated South Asia, authorities searched mosques in northern India on Wednesday attempting to trace people who participated in the gathering of a Muslim group in New Delhi that later on emerged as an infection hotspot.
Male using protective masks stroll as they bring bags, amidst issues about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Nizamuddin, location of New Delhi, India, March 31,2020 REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Countless people from throughout India and some from nations like Malaysia and Indonesia, had checked out the headquarters of the Sunni Muslim missionary movement, Tablighi Jamaat, in a narrow winding Delhi lane last month, participating in prayer sessions and lectures over several days.
With no mass transit and all movement stopped due to an across the country lockdown, thousands of individuals had been stranded inside the Tablighi centre’s dorms after the meeting ended while others had actually left the city, the administrators stated.
Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendra Jain stated 2,335 individuals were taken out of the Tablighi centre and its mosque over a 36- hour period that ended on Wednesday.
” They have been sent to quarantine centres, others who showed symptoms remain in medical facilities,” he said.
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