3 Persons from Odisha Attended Religious Congregation at Nizamuddin, Says Bagchi

Bhubaneswar: At least three persons have been traced and identified who participated in a religious congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, said Odisha Government’s Chief spokesperson on COVID-19 Subroto Bagchi today.

In his regular press briefing, Bagchi sais as of now at least three persons have been traced who attended religious congregation and all of them and their family members put on quarantine, he added.

The tracing of all persons who attended the religious congregation is on, he further added.

Notably, over 2,000 delegates, including from Indonesia and Malaysia, attended the congregation of Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim religious organisation, from March 1-15, in the Nizamuddin West area in Delhi. However, locals said that a large number of people continued to stay at the Jamaat’s ‘Markaj’ (Centre) even after this period.

The six persons who died in Telangana had also attended the congregation, where they are believed to have contracted coronavirus.