Police seals a mosque in Hyderabad after a man tested positive

A mosque in Hyderabad has been sealed by the local authorities and locked nearly 100 people inside after a 19 year old Chinese Muslim man, who had visited the mosque earlier with his ’Tableeghi Jamaat’ was contracted with coronavirus.

A spokesperson of a government hospital Dr Suresh, confirmed the news saying that the people will not be permitted to leave the place until their screening, adding that, eight people who remained in close contact with the Chinese Muslim have been placed in quarantine at another mosque.

“The samples of all these people have been collected for the coronavirus test and they will remain inside until their reports come negative,” he said. “The 19 year old was later shifted to Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) for further treatment.”

LUH medical superintendent Dr Mazhar Kalhoro said that two Covid-19 positive cases including a woman along with eight other suspected cases are shifted in the quarantine ward of healthcare facility.

“The samples of the suspected patients were taken on Friday evening and Saturday but the results are still awaited.”

Meanwhile, Hyderabad police have filed 6 FIRs under section 269 and 188 of the Pakistan Penal Code in four police stations against the violators of the congregational prayer ban in mosques. However, majority of the people nominated in the FIRs were released after police granted them bail.