According to the sources, the Telangana government is considering that over 1,000 people from the state might have visited the religious gathering in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area earlier this month. A senior official has said that a task force is identifying people who might come in contact with them.
Telangana on high alert
A government press release on late Monday said the six persons who attended the congregation between March 13 and 15 died due to coronavirus. The State government has now strengthened its efforts to identify the infects.
“We estimate over 1,000 persons might have attended the congregation in Delhi. Respective district collectors and police personnel were on the job to locate people who came in contact with them after their return. Family members of the deceased were quarantined depending on the symptoms they show,” the official told ‘PTI’.
It is said that two of the six died in Gandhi Hospital and one each in two different private hospitals here and one each in Nizamabad and Gadwal towns died.
The govt. request
The government appeals to the people that all those who participated in the prayers should inform the officials concerned. It also requested anyone who has information about them should alert the government, the Medical and Health Department of Telangana State had stated in a statement.
When contacted, Nizamabad Collector Narayana Reddy said as of now more than 200 people who are either related to or came in contact with the 53 people who attended the religious prayer from the city have been quarantined.
“One person is still in Delhi and with one death now all the 51 (who had been to Delhi) are under quarantine,” Reddy said.
A senior official of Gadwal district said the immediate contacts of the deceased are also being identified and quarantined.
“His (deceased’s) son and daughter-in-law and two grandchildren were shifted to Gandhi Hospital after they reported to district administration with fever. The son and daughter-in-law have tested positive and are under treatment,” the official said.
