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200 people from Nizamuddin area taken for Covid-19 test after 7 report positive, area sealed

People from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Telangana and Tamil Nadu attended the gathering in the area with high population density in violation of government orders, a Delhi health department official said.

New Delhi, March 30 (ANI): A Delhi Health Department volunteer wearing protective suit checks the temperature of a man at Nizamuddin during coronavirus lockdown, in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI Photo/Prabhat Mehrotra)

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday cordoned off a major area in Nizamuddin where several people showed symptoms of coronavirus infection after taking part in a religious gathering a few days ago.



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We have served notices for holding a religious gathering here (in Nizamuddin) during #CoronavirusLockdown. We are examining the matter. Action will be taken if required and then FIR will be filed immediately: RP Meena, DCP South East. #COVID19 https://t.co/yiiePctNVr pic.twitter.com/RzoUyFlYhv

— ANI (@ANI) March 30, 2020

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Over the past two days, the Delhi Police and the health department have taken at least 220 people from the Nizamuddin area to two separate quarantine facilities at Tughlaqabad and Lok Nayak Hospital, a police official who did not want to be named said.

People from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Telangana and Tamil Nadu attended the gathering in the area with high population density in violation of government orders, a Delhi health department official said.

200 people from Nizamuddin area taken for Covid-19 test after 7 report positive, area sealed

This official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, added that the six who tested positive are believed to have travelled from Andaman. They had no history of foreign travel.

What Delhi govt said on Nizammuddin lockdown violation

Lockdown was imposed in entire India on 24th March and it was the duty of every owner and administrator of every hotel, guesthouse, hostel and similar establishment to maintain social distancing. It looks like social distancing and quarantine protocols was not practiced here.

Now it has come to our knowledge that the administrators violated these conditions and several cases of corona positive patients have been found here. Strong action would be taken against those in charge of this establishment. By this gross act of negligence many lives have been endangered. It was the responsibility of every citizen to proactively avoid such gathering of people during the lockdown and this is nothing but a criminal act.

After the centre informed us about the first positive patient and requested assistance we moved all symptomatic patients to our medical facilities and as a safety precaution all non symptomatic contacts have been moved to the quarantine centres.