Posted on 03/07/2020 7:32:37 AM PST by Zhang Fei
There was cheer in the ITBP camp in Chhawla on the outskirts of Delhi as nearly half of the Indian citizens under quarantine were told that they were free to go, with a certificate of health provided by the medical team.
The Indian government had evacuated 650 Indians and seven Maldivians from Wuhan after the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. Since then, for 409 of them a make shift camp created by the ITBP had been their home. But on Monday, nearly 200 residents were given okay to leave the camp.
One of the youngest of the lot is two-year-old Inaya Bhandari, who was bundled up and brought back to India by her parents on the first rescue flight on February 1.
But recounting her experience, Nutan said, "We were hearing of coronavirus since December 2019, it wasn't bad then. But by January end, things were serious and we reached out to the Indian Embassy in China. They were prompt and helpful."
Another couple -- Dr Shweta and Dr Atul -- teach medicine in Wuhan. Both said, "We were lucky we got here. But we didn't think things were so bad, as it was on social media. There were so many videos that say people are being killed, which is not true. The Chinese government was keeping us apprised of the situation."
Recalling her time in Wuhan, she said, "The highways had been closed using sand bags and stones. And no movement was being allowed."
Another student in Kashmir recalled, "First our Chinese friends used to message about how bad the situation was outside the university campus. Then university officials announced closure. We weren't allowed to go anywhere. The mess was open only because of us and food would be left outside our rooms. It was scary," the student said.
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Funny, I didn’t see this on CNBC.
While Wuhan city is the ground zero of covid-19, stats are not as bad there as thought. Hubei province is smaller area than Nebraska with 10 times the population of Nebraska. Then you look at how many are infected with covid-19 there, and it boils down to 1 in 1000. Which equates to 0.1% chance of infection. In US the infection rate currently is 1 in 1 million. But everybody is freaking out.
Are we supposed to know what this is?
Interesting they were held in quarantine over 30 days.
I thought India was going to be the big trouble spot but as of now that doesn’t seem to be the case. I wonder why.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Quasi Army. First Line of defence on the India-China border except in known hotspots which are manned by the Indian Army. e.g. Doklam, Arunachal Pradesh which China claims whole.
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