NEW DELHI: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Sunday said the final samples of 263 evacuees from Rome who were placed in quarantine at its facility in Chhawla here, were taken for tests to be done after 14 days of quarantine for Covid-19 infection. It, however, said reports are still awaited.
On Thursday the test samples for coronavirus of the first batch of 217 evacuees who had arrived from Milan were found to be negative, the ITBP said in an official statement.
In the statement ITBP said, “Final sampling of 263 evacuees from Rome, Italy, housed at the force’s facility, Chhawla was done after 14 days of quarantine. Reports are awaited.”
“Earlier on Thursday, the members of the first batch of 217 evacuees arrived from Milan Italy were tested negative in coronavirus test after 14 days of quarantine. This also included two members of the group, who were tested positive earlier, have been recovered and are tested negative,” the ITBP said in the statement.
Several of the batches have been quarantined at the ITBP facility, Chhawla since their arrival on March 15 and March 22, the force said. At present, 480 evacuees from Italy are being looked after at ITBP Chhawla Quarantine Facility.
The ITBP facility has seen more than thousand evacuees, including 42 foreign nationals, till date and has successfully managed the wellness centre since 28 January, 2020.