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120 Indians to return home from virus hit Iran today

PTI
Published : Mar 13, 2020, 11:49 am IST
Updated : Mar 13, 2020, 11:49 am IST

Seven more quarantine facilities have been set up for for Indian citizens being brought to back from coronavirus-hit countries

A medic official pumps sanitizer on the hands of tourists to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, at Junagarh Fort in Bikaner. PTI
 A medic official pumps sanitizer on the hands of tourists to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, at Junagarh Fort in Bikaner. PTI

Jaipur: About 120 Indians, being evacuated from the coronavirus-hit Iran in an Air India flight, will reach Jaisalmer in Rajasthan on Friday and will be quarantined at an Army facility, a defence spokesperson said on Thursday.

"They will be quarantined at an Indian Army facility created under the aegis of Southern Command. The patients will be transferred from the airport post their initial screening to the quarantine facility under escort of civil administration," defence spokesperson Col Sombit Ghosh said.

He said that another batch of approximately 250 people, to be airlifted from Iran on March 15, will also be quarantined at the Army facility in Jaisalmer.

The Ministry of Defence has set up seven more quarantine facilities for COVID-19 patients, especially for Indian citizens being brought to back from coronavirus-hit countries.

The facilities have been set up at Jaisalmer, Suratgadh, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Deolali, Kolkata and Chennai.

Tags: coronavirus in india, indians in iran
Location: India, Rajasthan, Bikaner