NEW DELHI: More than 25,500

members and their contacts have been quarantined in the country till now, a senior

official said on Monday.

During the daily briefing, Joint Secretary

also told reporters that five villages in

have been sealed and the residents quarantined as

of this Islamic organisation had stayed there.

She said that 1,750 foreign-based members of this the Jamaat, out of the total 2,083, have been blacklisted till now.

Srivastava said that Union Home Secretary

has written to all states and

asking them to ensure that the supply chain of medical oxygen, critical for treatment of COVID-19 affected people, should go on smoothly while following norms of social distancing.