Atmost 1,300 People Identified In UP Who Attended Tablighi Jamaat Event In Delhi

  • More than 1,300 persons from UP who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi have been identified. 
  • Additional chief secretary, Awanish Awasthi said that out of them, 884 have been located and quarantined and being medically examined.
  • Awasthi said that 304 people have been identified in Meerut among those who went to Jamaat. 
  • Another 145 people have been identified in Bareilly, 40 in Prayagraj, 104 in Agra, 197 in Varanasi, 187 in Gorakhpur, 170 in Gautam Budh Nagar, 33 in Kanpur and 93 people in Lucknow. 
  • Awasthi said, “The govt will take action against these foreign nationals under the Epidemic and Disaster Management Acts."
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