Indian Army facility created for the Indians evacuated from Iran in view of COVID19 pandemic
Air India flight with approximately 120 Indians being evacuated from Iran will be reaching jaisalmer on 13 Mar 2020, where they will be quarantined at an Indian Army facility created under the aegis of Southern Command.
The patients will be transferred from the airport post their initial screening to the quarantine facility under escort of civil administration. Another batch of approximately 250 people being air evacuated from Iran on 15 March 2020 will also be landed and quarantined at the Army facility at Jaisalmer.
The Army has also created quarantine facilities at Jodhpur and a number of other locations to assist the civil administration in their fight against the COVID19 pandemic.