Covid-19: Over 25,000 Tablighi Jamaat members quarantined, says govt

New Delhi: At a time when the coronavirus cases have crossed 4,000-mark with 109 deaths in the country, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said that it has quarantined over 25,000 Tablighi Jamaat workers and their contacts a ross the country. Also Read - MHA Issues Fresh Order, Allows Transit Arrangements For Stranded Foreign Nationals

She also added that 1,750, out of total 2,083 foreigner Tablighi Jamaat members have been blacklisted till now in the country.

Srivastava said that Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to all states and Union Territories asking them to ensure that the supply chain of medical oxygen, critical for treatment of COVID-19 affected people, should go on smoothly while following norms of social distancing.