Flight carrying 101 students stranded in Ukraine arrives in MP

A special Air India flight carrying 101 Indian medical students, who were stranded in Ukraine due to coronavirus-induced curbs, landed at Indore airport in Mhya Presh on Tuesday morning, an official said.

flight reached Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport here at 5.08 am, airport director Aryama Sanyal said.

She said 101 Indian students stranded in Ukraine arrived here. y were screened at airport and ir belongings were sanitised.

During screening at airport, ne of passengers were found having coronavirus symptoms, said Amit Malakar, dal officer for COVID-19 prevention in Indore.

passengers included medical students from Mhya Presh, as well as from Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar, Assam and Tamil Nu who were studying in different institutes in Ukraine, he said.

y wanted to come back home since a long time in view of COVID-19 pandemic, official said.

passengers included 20 students from Indore who have been sent to a quarantine facility set up in a city hotel for seven days, he said, ding that or passengers have also been sent to ir native places. 

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