Coronavirus: 104 evacuated from China admitted to ITBP facility in Delhi

A total of 104 Indians have been mitted to an ITBP facility here after y were evacuated from coronavirus-affected Wuhan city of China by a special Air India flight on Saturday, a senior official said. Out of total 324 who landed here this morning, 88 women, 10 men and six children were brought to special quarantine facility in south-west Delhi's Chhawla area, ITBP spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said.

"All passengers were first screened at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and w a second screening is being done by doctors at Chhawla facility," he said, ding that doctors and or specialists will work at centre round--clock.

A team of 25 doctors — 15 from Safdarjung Hospital and 10 from ITBP — have been stationed at Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) premises that house its sector hequarters for logistics and communication.

All passengers will be monitored for possible signs of infection for a stipulated duration at centre, similar to one prepared by Army in Manesar area near here.

building complex has operational kitchens and bathrooms apart from communication amenities like telephones and Wi-Fi.

While first plane, Air India's jumbo B747 aircraft carrying 211 students, 110 working professionals and three mirs-, reached Delhi around 7.30 am, second AI flight is expected to carry out a similar operation and evacuate more Indians from Wuhan later in day.

Wuhan, Hubei's capital, is epicentre of outbreak. virus has killed 259 people in China with total confirmed cases surging to 11,791