Army, ITBP Set up Coronavirus Quarantine in Delhi For 300 Students Returning From China

The students, as well as other passengers, will be thoroughly screened upon their arrival at the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi by a joint team of the Airport Health Authority (AHO) and Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).

New Delhi: A 600-bedded facility has been set up by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp in South Delhi on Friday to quarantine and provide basic medical care to all those suspected to be infected by the deadly novel coronavirus. Meanwhile, the Indian Army created a special medical facility in Manesar, Haryana, for the 300 students returning from the epidemic-affected Wuhan city in China.

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The students, as well as other passengers, will be thoroughly screened upon their arrival at the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi by a joint team of the Airport Health Authority (AHO) and Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). Suspected individuals with the infection will be then shifted to an isolation ward set up at Base Hospital Delhi Cantonment (BHDC).