<p>Seventy-eight people including Afghan nationals, who were evacuated from Afghanistan after Kabul fell to Taliban last month, were on Tuesday discharged from an ITBP facility here after they completed a 14-day quarantine rule in place to check the spread of coronavirus infection.</p>.<p>The group includes 53 people from Afghanistan (34 men, nine women and 10 children), and 25 Indians (18 men, five women and 12 children), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said.</p>.<p>They were handed over medical certificates and a red rose as they left the facility.</p>.<p>These people were brought to this Covid-19 quarantine facility located in south-west Delhi's Chhawla area on August 24 after they landed here onboard an evacuation flight operated by the Indian Air Force.</p>.<p>The Afghan nationals have been sent to a designated location in south Delhi while the Indians are expected to go to their homes, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>The facility still has 35 people, who returned from Afghanistan, under quarantine that includes 24 Indians and the rest from Nepal.</p>.<p>This group is also expected to be discharged similarly on Wednesday, at the end of their 14-days quarantine period as mandated under existing Covid-19 medical protocol, the officer said.</p>.<p>This ITBP quarantine centre was operationalised last year soon after the outbreak of Covid-19 and it has hosted over 1,200 people including foreigners from at least eight countries till now.</p>.<p>The first batch of Indians and some foreigners returning from Wuhan in China were also quarantined here last year.</p>.<p>The ITBP is a border guarding force under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and it is primarily tasked to guard the 3,488 km long Line of Actual Control with China apart from rendering a variety of roles in the internal security domain of the country. </p>
<p>Seventy-eight people including Afghan nationals, who were evacuated from Afghanistan after Kabul fell to Taliban last month, were on Tuesday discharged from an ITBP facility here after they completed a 14-day quarantine rule in place to check the spread of coronavirus infection.</p>.<p>The group includes 53 people from Afghanistan (34 men, nine women and 10 children), and 25 Indians (18 men, five women and 12 children), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said.</p>.<p>They were handed over medical certificates and a red rose as they left the facility.</p>.<p>These people were brought to this Covid-19 quarantine facility located in south-west Delhi's Chhawla area on August 24 after they landed here onboard an evacuation flight operated by the Indian Air Force.</p>.<p>The Afghan nationals have been sent to a designated location in south Delhi while the Indians are expected to go to their homes, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>The facility still has 35 people, who returned from Afghanistan, under quarantine that includes 24 Indians and the rest from Nepal.</p>.<p>This group is also expected to be discharged similarly on Wednesday, at the end of their 14-days quarantine period as mandated under existing Covid-19 medical protocol, the officer said.</p>.<p>This ITBP quarantine centre was operationalised last year soon after the outbreak of Covid-19 and it has hosted over 1,200 people including foreigners from at least eight countries till now.</p>.<p>The first batch of Indians and some foreigners returning from Wuhan in China were also quarantined here last year.</p>.<p>The ITBP is a border guarding force under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and it is primarily tasked to guard the 3,488 km long Line of Actual Control with China apart from rendering a variety of roles in the internal security domain of the country. </p>