IAF airlifted a total of 485 people from Hindan, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur to J&K and Ladakh. (Photo:Twitter/IAF_MCC)

More than 400 Indians evacuated from Iran have been flown by the Indian Air Force to Kashmir and Ladakh after they completed quarantine in Rajasthan.

While the IAF flew 180 evacuees who tested negative to Srinagar on Tuesday, a second batch of 225 were flown to Leh on Wednesday. The returnees, 208 from Kargil and 17 from Leh, were airlifted from Jodhpur to Leh and were subjected to screening by a medical team on their arrival at Leh airport.

The returnees would not immediately join their families as the authorities have decided to put them under a 14-day institutional quarantine at Leh and Kargil towns as a precautionary measure. The evacuees had been in isolation and wellness wards in Jaisalmer and Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

Nearly 600 pilgrims from Ladakh were evacuated from Iran in March. These included pilgrims and students studying medicine in Iran.

After their return, they were tested for novel coronavirus. As many as 61 had tested positive, of which 24 have recovered. Only eight have been discharged so far.

There are still about 300 more pilgrims who are stranded in Iran and 250 of them were reported to have tested positive for coronavirus.

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