New Delhi (SunstarTV Bureau): Out of 78, a total of 16 evacuees who landed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport from Kabul on Tuesday has tested COVID positive. The evacuees also include three Sikhs who brought back with them Guru Granth Sahib from Afghanistan Gurudwaras.
However, the Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and V. Muraleedharan received the Guru Granth Sahib brought from Afghanistan at the IGI Airport from the Sikhs and came in contact of the infected people.
Meanwhile, the information regarding the matter yet to be confirmed by the official team.
All the positive people have been admitted to LNJP Hospital and the rest are quarantined at an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp in south-west Delhi’s Chhawla.
All the evacuees coming from Afghanistan will have to undergo quarantine for 14 days at the ITBP quarantine centre at Chhawla in southwest Delhi, according to the guidelines of the Health Ministry.
Earlier on Tuesday, 78 people, including 46 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, flew into Delhi from Kabul via Dushanbe on an Air India flight along with three copies of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib.
