29 present at Surat meet isolated too

Kurukshetra, April 1

As many as 29 people belonging to the Muslim community, who attended a gathering in Surat, were sent to the quarantine centre in Ladwa for 14 days on Wednesday.

As per the information available, they had spent a month in Surat. They are the followers of a Mumbai-based cleric and did not attend the event at Nizamuddin in Delhi.

SP Astha Modi said, “So far, 29 people have been shifted to the quarantine centre. They had spent a month in Surat and had returned on March 20. All these people have been screened and no one has shown any symptoms so far. But as per the protocol, they have been quarantined. All are Kurukshetra residents. They didn’t attend the event in Delhi. Further verification is on. So far, no person who had attended the Nizamuddin meet has come to light.”

Meanwhile in Kurukshetra, the remaining six samples have also tested negative for Covid. So far, 12 samples had been sent and all have tested negative. Six samples of hotel staff, where the Patialayouth who was found Covid positive in Ambala had stopped to have food, were sent and the samples have tested negative. — TNS