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DEL119 VIRUS-MHA-LD-TABLIGHI
9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members, primary contacts quarantined in country: MHA
New Delhi: About 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their primary contacts have been quarantined till now in the country after the government undertook "massive efforts" as part of steps to check the spread of the novel coronavirus, a senior home ministry official said on Thursday.
DEL98 VIRUS-HEALTH MINISTRY
328 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths reported since Wednesday: Health ministry
New Delhi: About 400 COVID-19 positive cases have been found whose epidemiological linkage can be traced to the Tablighi Jamaat cluster, the health ministry said on Thursday.
DEL117 PM-VIRUS-2NDLD CMs
Focus on testing, tracing, quarantine; formulate 'staggered' exit strategy from lockdown: PM to CMs
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told chief ministers to focus on COVID-19 containment measures -- testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine -- in the next few weeks with a common goal to ensure minimum loss of life, and pitched for formulating a staggered exit strategy from the ongoing lockdown.
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