9 foreigners among 48 quarantined in Ambala, Y’nagar
36 are from Ambala and 12 from Yamunanagar; admn says search op to continue
AMBALA/PANCHKULA: At least 48 people, who returned from religious congregations, have been quarantined in Ambala and Yamunagar districts. As the operations were still on till the filing of the report, it was unclear if some or all of these people attended the congregation at Delhi’s Nizamuddin.
Ambala chief medical officer Dr Kuldeep Singh said, “Thirtysix, including 16 from Bhiwandi (Maharashtra), ten from Tamil Nadu, eight from Nepal, and one each from Assam and Sri Lanka have been quarantined in the district. Of these, samples have been taken of two from Nepal, and one each from Bhiwandi and Sri Lanka and they are under isolation at the civil hospital.”
Ambala deputy commissioner Ashok Kumar Sharma said, “The operation is still underway and will continue the entire night. All of those we have quarantined were staying at four mosques in the district.” As per the protocol, contacts of these persons will be traced and sanitisation will be carried out in localities concerned.
In Yamunanagar, twelve people, all residents of Delhi were quarantined in an educational institute in Pipli Majra village of the district. Jogesh Kumar, Block Development and Panchayat officer, Pratap Nagar said, “Twelve residents of Trilokpuri in Delhi came to Pratap Nagar on February 29 and went to Khizri, Ambwali, Tibdiya and Nagal villages on a religious visit. After visiting these villages, they came to Bombeypur village on March 19 and since then had been staying in the
Samples have been taken of two persons from Nepal, and one each from Bhiwandi and Sri Lanka and they are under isolation at the civil hospital.
DR KULDEEP SINGH, CMO, Ambala
mosque of that village.”
Civil Surgeon Dr Vijay Dahiya said these 12 people were asymptomatic and had been quarantined for 28 days. Sonepat principal medical officer Dr Adarsh Sharma claimed that were also quarantining some of those who had returned from the Nizamuddin congregation in Delhi. “The exact number of those quarantined will be known on Wednesday.