NE NEWS SERVICE
JAIPUR/NEW DELHI, MARCH 29
The sixth batch of 275 Indians, who were evacuated from coronavirus-hit Iran, arrived in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur from Delhi for quarantine on Sunday morning, an official said.
Operation Namaste!
Efforts to safeguard Indian citizens against Covid19 continues.
The 275 Indians who were evacuated from Iran have been screened & shifted by @IndiGo6E & @flyspicejet aircraft to Army Wellness Center at Jodhpur for quarantine.@adgpi pic.twitter.com/4CVimM3MfX
— Hardeep Singh Puri (मोदी का परिवार) (@HardeepSPuri) March 29, 2020
He said a preliminary screening of the passengers was conducted at the airport and thereafter, they were shifted to the Army Wellness Facility Centre set up at the Jodhpur Military Station.
#IndianArmy #KonarkCorps #ArmyWellnessFacility #Jodhpur Experience shared by Indian National evacuated fm Iran on 25Mar #COVID19#MoDAgainstCorona @ANI @SpokespersonMoD @PBNS_India @adgpi @PMOIndia @TOIIndiaNews @MoHFW_INDIA @PIBJaipur @AkashvaniAIR @DDNewslive @drajaykumar_ias https://t.co/TgjCmJEdNH pic.twitter.com/xXwKqUbZ1b
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) March 28, 2020
Additional Chief Secretary (Health) of Rajasthan Rohit Kumar Singh said of the 275 passengers, 133 were female and 142 male, including two infants and four children.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted, saying the Iran-returned Indians were taken from Delhi to Jodhpur on SpiceJet and IndiGo aircraft.
“Operation Namaste! Efforts to safeguard Indian citizens against Covid19 continue,” he wrote on Twitter.
“The 275 Indians who were evacuated from Iran have been screened & shifted by IndiGo and SpiceJet aircraft to Army Wellness Centre at Jodhpur for quarantine,” the minister added.
Video Courtesy: PIB (DEFENCE)
The Army authorities as part of Op Namaste, have created Army Wellness Facilities which comprises all amenities and are fully geared up to accommodate all the evacuees and provide them with requisite medical and administrative support during their quarantine period.
Video Courtesy: PIB (DEFENCE)
The earlier batch of 277 evacuees who had arrived at Jodhpur on March 25 have settled down comfortably and are being regularly monitored by the army medical teams, the official added..
