4 Tablighi Jamaat event attendees test positive in Buldhana

Nagpur, Apr 5 ()Four persons who attended theTablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin in Delhi last month testedpositive for novel coronavirus on Sunday in Maharashtra'sBuldhana district, some 350 kilometres from here, CollectorSuman Chandra said.

At least 9,000 people participated in a congregationat the organisation's Nizamuddin Markaz last month after whichmany travelled to various parts of the country for missionaryworks.

The event is being seen as one of the main catalystsof the virus spread in several states.

Buldhana's COVID-19 count stands at nine, includingone who died of the infection, Chandra informed. CLSBNM BNM