165 more complete quarantine period in Srinagar, 1578 discharged so far

Srinagar: As many as 165 people, who earlier last month returning to Srinagar from outside the country, were on Sunday allowed to go home after completing 14-day quarantine period in this summer capital.
With this, 1578 persons have completed their quarantine and have been sent home this week.
An official spokesperson said that all these persons had returned to Srinagar two weeks ago. “They were put under quarantine in top-grade hotels, the district administration has requisitioned for use as quarantine facilities,” he said.
He said while most in it belonged to Srinagar, this group also included those belonging to other districts of Kashmir. “Upon discharge the latter were entrusted to their respective district headquarters in SRTC busses the Srinagar administration had arranged for their convenience. Srinagar residents in the group were all ferried home or entrusted to their families,” he said.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar M Haneef Balkhi, who has been designated as overall incharge of quarantine facilities established in the district, oversaw their discharge and their transportation.
The spokesperson said the group like all others before was under thorough medical supervision throughout their quarantine period and was discharged after clearance from doctors. “There were around 1900 persons who had been put under administrative quarantine in Srinagar. Most of these included those who had returned from overseas countries with most of them being Bangladesh-return,” he said.
He said the remaining overseas-return or domestic travellers in administrative quarantine in the district will complete their quarantine period and will be sent home this week. “Shifting of overseas-return and later domestic travellers into quarantine facilities was part of Srinagar administration’s elaborate preventive measures put in place to contain spread of the COVID-19 disease,” he added.