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Away to identify and track Health Minister B Sriramulu. imprints of Nizamuddin event According to a statement Most of these people are those hundreds of people who “A religious ceremony was in their States with numbers of issued by the State who had attended religious attended a Tablighi Jamaat held at the Nizamuddin suspects turning much larger Government, people who test- meeting in Delhi or are the conference in Nizamuddin, mosque in New Delhi on than in Karnataka. ed positive in Andhra Pradesh, contacts of those who attend- Delhi, this month and may March 10, which was attended The Andhra Pradesh two are from Anantapur dis- ed,” said Director of Andhra have spread the coronavirus by 45 people from Karnataka. Government has managed to trict, 8 from Prakasam, 5 Health & Family Welfare. infection far and wide. One of them was a man who locate 369 people from the from Guntur and 1 from Telengana reported six The Governments in vari- died in Sira (Tumakuru),” State. With most of the Krishna with 369 persons being deaths of COVID-19 on ous States have issued orders to tweeted Sriramulu. COVID-19 persons in Andhra suspects and all of them are Wednesday. All of them had trace all possible contacts these “The pilgrim from Sira Pradesh turning out to be the said to have attended the attended the religious congre- delegates may have made after was a sexagenarian who passed participants or a contact of a Nizamuddin meet. gation in Nizamuddin. their return from the away on Friday, he was participant of the congregation “17 COVID-19 positive Continued on Page 2 Nizamuddin event and thus Karnataka’s third COVID-19 extending the chain of infec- death,” said the State Minister. tions in the country. “We’ve quarantined 54 As the States have estab- people, eight in Bidar. One per- lished teams to locate the new son was found positive in Bidar chain of Tablighi contacts, 45 and we’ve quarantined him. members of this religious There are people who attend- organisation have been traced ed Jamaat from almost all dis- to Karnataka. tricts,” said Karnataka One of the 45 attendees Home Minister Basavaraj !"#$%&' $ # from Karnataka who visited Bommai. being informed about it. Over 3,000 people had gathered between March 1 and 18 at Markaz mosque. 3*4 Kejriwal slammed the ) organisers of the religious gathering saying it was “high- #),% 0 ly irresponsible” on their part $ ! " to hold such an event at a time ! $&2,&34+ Indian Visa issued by the $&2,&34+ when thousands have died in Government of India, preach- other countries due to the he Union Government on ing religious ideologies, mak- ' / he preacher, who led the pandemic. TTuesday said as many as ing speeches in religious places, TTablighi Jamaat congrega- Kejriwal said any lapse in 2,100 foreigners visited India distribution of audio-visual 67) ) tion in Delhi and others, have Markaz Talbighi Jamaat at performance of the officers for Tablighi activities since display/ pamphlets pertaining been booked for violating the Hazarat Nizamuddin a crimi- related to the Nizamuddin January 1 and it was taking to religious ideologies is not Government orders and nal act. Kejriwal wrote to case will not be tolerated and steps to blacklist the 281 for- allowed,” an official said 86") exposing many to the threat of Lieutenant Governor Anil strict action will be initiated. eign nationals, who attended adding, a Group of Ministers coronavirus. Baijal to file an FIR against the He also stressed that there Tablighi Jamaat event in (GoM) also discussed the sit- )* +, -.+ / ) ) 9:"; The Delhi Police said it has organisers. was no community transmis- Nizamuddin violating the trav- uation arising out of COVID- . -$ " %0 * $ registered a First Information The CM said 1,107 people sion of coronavirus yet in el rules. 19 spread amongst the Tabligh 10*2 !"#$%&'$ # ' 9!7;. Report (FIR) against Maulana who attended religious con- Delhi and the situation is The Ministry said the State members post the congrega- / 9:7;# Saad and other members of gregation in Nizamudddin under control. Police will examine visas of all tion here. In a statement, the Home It is estimated that from 9"; # / Tablighi Jamaat under the Markaz have been quaran- However, the residents of these foreign Tablighi Jamaat Of the 1,830 persons who Ministry said while approxi- January 1 onwards, approxi- 9"<; Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 tined. “Out of 97 cases of Nizamuddin on Tuesday workers and take action in case attended the congregation, the mately 824 of them, as on mately 2,100 foreigners had = and relevant sections of the coronavirus in the city, 24 accused the civil and police of violation of visa conditions. biggest participation (501) March 21, were dispersed in visited India for Tabligh activ- !""" ) Indian Penal Code for viola- were those who took part in administrations of not heeding Many of these foreign reli- came from Tamil Nadu, fol- different parts of the country ities, the statement said. ) tion of Government direc- the congregation earlier this their complaints about a large gious preachers who arrived on lowed by Assam (216), Uttar for missionary work, 216 of Tablighi workers, both for- 7(7 tions in wake of coronavirus month,” said Kejriwal. number of people converging tourist visas, indulged in mis- Pradesh (156), Maharashtra them were staying at eigners and Indians, indulge in ) ) outbreak. Meanwhile, locals blamed at the Tablighi Jamaat Markaz sionary activities in contra- (109) and Madhya Pradesh Nizamuddin Markaz, where preaching tours across the Earlier, Delhi Chief authorities for not acting on amid the coronavirus out- vention of the visa norms. (107) and they are being traced several of them tested COVID- country throughout the year. *+, Minister Arvind Kejriwal complaints against gathering at break. “As per policy guidelines of to be quarantined. 19 positive. Continued on Page 2 described the congregation at Markaz despite the authorities Continued on Page 2 ! " #"$$ ! "! #$$% is focusing its containment strategy. ! $&2,&34+ time information on the pan- Bengal on the issues related to While the Union Health demic to counter the panic coronavirus. Ministry has maintained the n an alarming revelation, being spread through fake Solicitor General Tushar & virus is still in the local trans- Ithe Centre on Tuesday told news. Mehta, appearing for the mission stage in India and yet the Supreme Court that it “Panic will destroy more Centre, said migration of peo- to move to the community feared that every 3 or 10 lives than the virus”, the top ple cannot be allowed at this ! $&2,&34+ transmission phase maintained migrants moving from court said and asked the juncture as this would enable that it was not the time to find cities to rural areas could Centre to get trained coun- the spread of coronavirus. ndia entered the second week faults but to take action. be infected with coron- sellors and community Referring to the last census, Iof the nationwide lockdown, “With respect to the avirus. leaders of all faiths to Mehta said there were about recording the highest single- Nizamuddin area, we all need In an affidavit filed calm down the migrants, 4.14 crore persons who had day spike of 266 fresh cases of to understand and appreciate in the apex court, the who are kept in shelter migrated for work but back- coronavirus during the last 24 that this is not the time to do Centre also said it would homes across India. ward migration is now hap- hours. By Wednesday evening, fault finding. What is impor- not allow migrant A Bench of Chief pening due to coronavirus the number of positive cases tant for us is to take action as workers to return to Justice SA Bobde and L fears. He said the entire coun- rose to 1,617 and death count per our containment process in their States since it is Nageswara Rao, which try was required to be locked stood at 40, according to figures whatever areas we find a case,” risky for them and took up two PILs on so that people don’t mix. received from States. Agarwal said. for the people in the issue of migration “We are trying to ensure However, the Health 4 5 4 Twenty-four people, who the villages. through video-confer- that no migration is permitted. Ministry website, which was took part in a religious con- On its part, encing, asked the It would be risky for them and last updated on Tuesday 9 pm, Nizamuddin area died due to said at a press briefing here. hotspots of Covid-19 in India gregation in Nizamuddin West the court asked Centre to look into the for the village populations. So confirmed only1,397 cases. On the coronavirus. “The lock- He said that to contain the increased even as the number earlier this month, have tested the Centre to pre- letter petitions filed far, rural India is unaffected by Monday, India had reported 92 down, social distancing is to spread, the focus of the of cases spike across the nation. positive for the novel coron- vent migration of by Kerala MP from coronavirus but there is possi- new coronavirus cases and ensure that people remain Government directly shifts to “Where ever a case is reported, avirus.