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Five children among 112 isolated at ITBP facility

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NEW DELHI: A total of 112 evacuees brought back from China’s Wuhan are being quarantined at an ITBP facility in Chhawla in southwest Delhi. All have tested negative for COVID-19 coronavirus in the first test.

Officials stated that the second set of tests will be conducted in a fortnight, following which, if the results are negative, the evacuees will be sent home.

The evacuees include five toddlers. Many Indians are also stuck in Iran and Italy. Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that the Centre was in talks with the authorities in the two countries to evacuate the Indians there… (ET Healthworld – TNN, March 3, 2020)