Hazur Sahib Gurudwara on alert as 8 pilgrims contract COVID-19

Aurangabad, Apr 28 () The Hazur Sahib Gurudwara inMaharashtra's Nanded district is on alert after some pilgrimswho went back from there to Punjab tested positive forcoronavirus, a gurudwara official said on Tuesday.

The shrine administration is sanitising the premisesat regular intervals and following the social distancingguidelines, he said.

Eight of the Sikh pilgrims who recently returned fromNanded to Punjab tested positive for coronavirus on Monday.

Five of the pilgrims belonged to Tarn Taran whilethree hailed from Kapurthala in Punjab.

"We are taking all care. Spraying of disinfectants andsanitisation of every corner of the premises is being done atregular intervals. Social distancing is being maintained. Wealso have our own quarantine facility here," the gurudwarasuperintendent Gurvinder Singh Wadhwa told .

Any staff member who goes out of the city isquarantined at the facility available here. After completionof the quarantine period, the person is asked go to the civilhospital and get a check-up done before resuming duty, hesaid.

Three persons are already quarantined at the facility,he added.

Nearly 4,000 pilgrims from Punjab, who came to payobeisance at the Gurdwara Hazur Sahib in Nanded, got stuckbecause of the coronavirus lockdown.

Now, they are being sent to Punjab after theintervention of the Union Home Ministry. AWGK GK