3 Bangladeshi attendees of Delhi Tablighi Jamaat test positive for COVID-19

Men wearing protective masks walk as they carry bags, amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Nizamuddin, area of New Delhi, India, on 31 March 2020.
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Three Bangladesh nationals have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Indian city Palwal, reports Hindustan Times.

The HT report said 10 Bangladeshis participated in south Delhi’s Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat between 13 and 15 March. Some of them then came to Palwal and stayed in various mosques in several villages.

“Three Bangladesh residents have been confirmed positive for coronavirus, seven of them confirmed negative by Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak. Today, we sent samples of remaining two persons to a private laboratory in Gurugram. The report is still awaited, Palwal chief medical officer (CMO) Braham Deep Sindhu was quoted to have said.

Three Bangladesh residents have been confirmed positive for coronavirus, seven of them confirmed negative... All the three positive tested men are in their (early) 30s.
Palwal chief medical officer

“All the three positive tested men are in their (early) 30s. All of them have been kept at the Civil Hospital’s isolation ward,” the CMO was also quoted to have said.

Quoting the CMO it added that the Bangladeshis had stayed in various mosques of five villages in the city.