Over 240 released from quarantine

Air India aircraft on January 31 and February 1 had evacuate about 600 people from Wuhan.

By :  Pawan Bali
Update: 2020-02-18 21:01 GMT
A medical staff member collects a sample taken from a person to be tested for the new coronavirus at a quarantine zone in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, in Chinas central Hubei province. AFP photo

New Delhi: As many as 248 Indians, mostly students who were evacuated from coronavirus-affected Wuhan area of China were discharged on Tuesday from Indian Army’s Manesar quarantine facility. These people have completed the quarantine period of 14 days and were tested negative for the coronavirus by AIIMS Virology department.

Air India aircraft on January 31 and February 1 had evacuate about 600 people from  Wuhan. They were then quarantined in Army’s Manesar quarantine facility and ITBP facility in Delhi’s Chhawla area.

“All of these 248 persons in the Manesar quarantine facility were declared fit and are being sent back to their homes on Tuesday,” said sources.

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