New Delhi: As the coronavirus cases in Italy continue to surge, a special Air India flight with 263 students from Italy landed in Delhi on Sunday morning and the students were taken to an ITBP quarantine facility in southwest Delhi's Chhawla area.
"All the 263 Indian evacuees who returned from Rome on Sunday at 9:15 am were taken to ITBP Chhawla quarantine facility in Delhi. Before being taken to the quarantine site, all of them were thermally screened at the Delhi airport," told ITBP spokesperson.
“The passengers were handled at the isolation bay — far away from other terminals and then taken out from a separate gate for compulsory quarantine," said Delhi airport official.
The Boeing 787-Dreamline departed from Delhi at 2:30 pm on Saturday and left Rome on Sunday morning, said Delhi airport officials.
The Indian government had earlier evacuated 218 Indians from the Italian city of Milan.
The ITBP centre in Chhawla has a dedicated team of doctors, paramedics, and other staff apart from food, medical testing and indoor entertainment facility to the inmates.
Notably, Italy on Sunday announced its biggest day-to-day increase of infections, which rose by 6,600. Italy recorded 793 deaths on Saturday, taking the total number to 4,825.
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