Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Apr 1: All the 21 people who attended Tablighi Jamaat conference in Nizamuddin in Delhi have been contacted and are under hospital quarantine.

They will undergoing medical tests. Their swab samples will be sent for laboratory tests.

Earlier, the state government confirmed that 342 persons from the state had gone to the Tablighi group's headquarters in Nizamuddin area of southwest Delhi. 

Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai

"From Karnataka, 342 people attended the congregation. In the beginning of March, 142 people visited the Tablighi HQ from the state and the government has since quarantined them at their homes," Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday, April 1. 

He said that there is a possibility of increase in the number of suspect cases of coronavirus.

Medical Education Minister Suresh Kumar said four Tablighi followers from Chamarajanagar have since been traced.

Health Minister B. Sriramulu said 62 foreigners from Indonesia and Malaysia who visited the HQ also visited Karnataka, out of whom 12 were quarantined.

He said the Health Department is on the lookout for the remaining foreigners still staying in the state.

Meanwhile, some relatives of five returness isolated at Nelamangla flouted quarantine facility norms. The facility allegedly lacks medical staff, hand sanitisers and face masks.

‘No question of sales of liquor in state’

Basavaraj Bommai clarified that there is no question of allowing the sale of liquor in the state till the end of lock down period.

The minister spoke to the scribes on Wednesday, April 1 and said, "The situation of coronavirus pandemic is worsening day by day. If we allow sale of liquor, the buyers will not have control over their senses. Nothing will happen if liquor is not available for a week. There is no evidence that suicides are increasing because of non-availability of liquor."