One Indian national has died of Covid-19 in Iran, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. This is the first confirmed death of an Indian national outside the country due to the coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan city of China.
A government official confirmed about the death of theIndian national in Iran. Out of the 276 Indians infected by coronavirus outsidethe country, 255 are in Iran. So far, the Modi government has brought back 590Indians from the country.
“The Indians infected with coronavirus in Iran havebeen segregated and are being taken care of by the government’s health careteams. We believe they will recover and we will bring them back,” a seniorMEA official said.Ministerof State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan, said the nationals in Iraninclude about 1,100 pilgrims mainly from Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir andMaharashtra. There are also nearly 300 students primarily from J&K, about1,000 fishermen from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, and others who are on along-term stay in Iran for pursuing their livelihood and religious studies.