Delhi's Nizamuddin: How it became a Coronavirus hotspot in the country.
In the first week of March, the Tablighi Jamaat held a religious congregation at the New Delhi headquarters, where more than 1,500 people participated. Some of the participants, including senior preachers, had come from countries like Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Indonesia where Covid-19 had already spread. After attending the congregation, the participants left for various states. Some of them later developed symptoms of Covid-19 but that went unnoticed until a 65-year-old man, resident of Jammu and Kashmir, died on Thursday. Later, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, West Bengal—states where the participants had visited—also reported cases linked directly or indirectly to the congregation. Overall, as on Monday, 20 people across states who were linked to the congregation had been confirmed positive for Covid-19 and as many as 1,000 are under watch for disease symptoms. According to sources, Karnataka has quarantined 54 attendees, Tamil Nadu has traced 981 of 1500 att...