218 Indians evacuated from Italy, to stay in ITBP quarantine

New Delhi : An Air India flight from Milan brought back 218 Indians from coronavirus hit Italy on Sunday. All the people have been shifted to ITBP quarantine in south-west Delhi’s Chhawla area, where they will be kept for another 14 days.

The Air India flight from Milan landed around 9.45 a.m. at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).

Out of 218 people, 211 are students. "All the 218 evacuees from Milan are being taken to our quarantine facility in south west Delhi’s Chhawla area. They will be there for over a fortnight as per quarantine procedures," an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) spokesperson said.

The ITBP quarantine facility was earlier used to quarantine the two such batches of Indians and foreigners, evacuated from Wuhan in China, totalling 518 people.

Like earlier, a dedicated team of doctors will be assigned in the facility. 

The coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, has led to more than 5,000 deaths globally.