Haryana residents travelling to and from Delhi for work are ‘corona carriers’, claims state minister

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Monday referred to people from his state working in New Delhi as “corona carriers” and asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to provide accommodation for them in the national Capital itself, NDTV reported.

“Earlier several members of the Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat arrived from Delhi and 120 of them tested positive,” Vij said. “Haryana ensured their treatment. Now, a lot of people who work in Delhi but stay in Haryana are commuting using passes. They have become corona carriers.”

He said that in Sonepat district of Haryana, nine people who came from Delhi have tested positive for Covid-19. Vij highlighted an incident from Panipat, where the sister of a police officer, who worked in Delhi, was infected after which the whole family tested positive.