The search for?participants of a religious gathering in a Delhi's mosque which is?linked to nearly 400 coronavirus cases has been going on across states in India.?
While the search was on in Bihar, 70 foreign preachers were found who have been living in various parts of the state anonymously.?While they are unrelated to the Markaz Nizamuddin gathering, these preachers are feared to be in the high COVID-19 risk category because of their extensive travel history.??
As per reports, the Bihar officials found these foreign preachers in their hunt for members of the Islamic missionary group Tablighi Jamaat, who attended the Markaz Nizamuddin event held in March and then spread out in various parts of the country.
Around 9,000 people, including 1,300 foreigners, have been identified with links to the Tablighi Jamaat.
Of these, 86 are believed to be from Bihar. Most of them have been quarantined in Delhi and one man has been isolated in Bihar, while ?search is on for the rest.
Bihar is also looking for 57 Tablighi preachers, mostly foreigners. Thirty-five have been traced.??
The state has so far reported 29 cases of coronavirus. Of the 29 people reported COVID-19 positive in Bihar till date, one has died, while three have recovered.
The deceased was a 38-year-old from Munger who returned from Qatar a month ago and breathed his last on March 21 at AIIMS, Patna, a day before test results confirmed he was COVID-19 positive.
He had been suffering from renal failure and ended up infecting several others, including neighbours, relatives and employees of private hospitals in Munger and Patna before he was referred to AIIMS.