Two passengers from Afghanistan test COVID-19 positive in New Delhi
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They were among the 146 Indian nationals who were evacuated from Afghanistan via Doha and arrived in the national capital on Monday on various flights.
Two persons out of the 146 passengers who landed in Delhi from Afghanistan on Monday were found positive for COVID-19.
Speaking to ANI, Rajendra Kumar, Sub Divisional Magistrate said, "Two people coming from Afghanistan have been found COVID positive. They have been sent to LNJP Hospital."
The second batch of 146 Indian nationals who were evacuated from Afghanistan via Doha arrived in the national capital on Monday on various flights.
India on Sunday brought back nearly 400 people including 329 of its nationals in three different flights.
Earlier on Saturday, government sources told ANI that India has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Kabul to evacuate its nationals stranded in Afghanistan.
Permission has been granted by the American and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces, which have been controlling operations of the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the Afghan capital was taken over by the Taliban on August 15.
Hundreds of Indian nationals have to be taken out of Kabul, which is now under the Taliban's control. India is airlifting its citizens through Dushanbe in Tajikistan and Qatar.