The Jammu and Kashmir government is searching for the peoplewho visited the Tablighi Jamaat religious gathering at Nizamuddin Markaz inDelhi in mid March and returned to the union territory.
With most corona cases in Kashmir having history of director indirect contact with members from religious gathering, nothing is left tochances.
The district Commissioners in Kashmir have appealed to themembers who were a part of the gathering to identify themselves for puttingthem under surveillance isolation and quarantine.
“We are taking the matter very seriously and haveappealed to all those who attended the Nizamuddin congregation to come up forscreening,” Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir, P.K Pole told IANS.
He said initially there was some reluctance shown by thepeople to reveal their travel histories but now more and more people are comingforward.
“Four cases which were found positive in south Kashmirhad contracted it through the members of religious gathering,” he said.”The process of tracing the men who attended the congregation is beingseriously pursued.”
He said there are 87 people from Kashmir who were currentlyin Nizamuddin and have been put in quarantine in Delhi itself.
“They have been put under quarantine, we are in touchwith delhi police on this issue,” he said.
Notably on March 24, a 65-year-old died in Kashmir. He was apart of the religious gathering at Nizamuddin and had returned to Kashmir onMarch 16.