COVID-19 patients linked with Markaz event objecting to testing: LNJPN Medical Director

Apr 02, 2020

New Delhi, Apr 02 (ANI): Dr JC Passey, Medical Director of LNJPN Hospital, where 188 people coronavirus patients linked with Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin Markaz are admitted, said that many of the patients are objecting to testing saying they ‘don’t need admission’, and has thus put the security staff at risk. “We've 216 COVID19 patients out of which 188 belong to one group (attendees of Tablighi Jamaat event). We had received reports of 24 patients from the group out of which 23 tested positive. This is alarming,” Dr Passey told ANI.