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Indian students in Italy reach home nearly a month after landing in Delhi

By ANI | Updated: April 14, 2020 23:20 IST

A group of Indian students, who were studying in Italy, on Tuesday reached their homes in Andhra Pradesh after being in quarantine in Delhi for 26 days.

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A group of Indian students, who were studying in Italy, on Tuesday reached their homes in Andhra Pradesh after being in quarantine in Delhi for 26 days.

"The students who reached Vijayawada were tested this morning at Government General Hospital and later they went to their respective houses. They will continue to be under home quarantine, "Andhra Pradesh COVID-19 nodal officer Arja Srikanth told over the phone.

The bus started from Delhi on April 10 and was stopped in Chhattisgarh on April 12. Andhra Pradesh government and Union Home Ministry intervened and state DGP Krishnababu held talks with Chhattisgarh officials.

The bus again started on Sunday evening and reached Visakhapatnam by Monday evening and Vijayawada by the early hours of Tuesday.

While one student got down in Chhattisgarh, four got down in North Andhra districts and the remaining 28 reached Vijayawada.

Police registered their details and handed them over to their parents.

State COVID-19 Command Control Centre on April 12 informed about the journey of the students from Chhattisgarh.

The students landed in Delhi on March 14. They were kept in quarantine at ITBP camp, at first for two weeks which was extended for 12 more days.

( With inputs from ANI )

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