Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has blacklisted 960 foreigners, present in India on tourist visas, for their involvement in Tablighi Jamaat activities.
MHA has also directed DGPs of all concerned States/UTs and CP, Delhi Police to take necessary legal action against all such violators, on priority, under relevant sections of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and Disaster Management Act, 2005.
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Earlier, an MHA official said about 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their primary contacts have been quarantined till now in the country.
Out of the 9000 quarantined people, 1,306 are foreigners and rest Indians. Delhi’s Markaz had about 2,000 Jamaat workers (250 foreigners), out of which 1,804 have been quarantined. 334 people who were symptomatic have been hospitalized.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government said the total COVID-19 positive cases in Delhi rose to 293, including 182 positive cases from Markaz Nizamuddin.
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