6 Tablighi Jamaat attendees test positive for coronavirus in UP's Maharajganj

Apr 04, 2020

Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 04 (ANI): Six people tested positive for novel coronavirus in UP's Maharajganj and they all had attended Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi's Nizamuddin. Giving out more information, District Magistrate of Maharajganj, Ujjwal Kumar said, "Two-three days back, we got the information of 21 people who attended Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi's Nizamuddin. We quarantined all of them and had sent their samples to Gorakhpur. We got the reports of 17 people, out of which 6 are positive. We are also testing their close contacts. 35 close contacts of the 6 positive cases have also been quarantined. The four villages that they belong to are being sanitised and movement of people in these villages have been completely restricted to contain the spread of coronavirus"