New Delhi: India has been relentlessly working in a bid to contain COVID-19 and successfully has brought back close to thousand people from the virus infected countries.
900 of these evacuees are Indian nationals while 49 others are from friendly countries, mostly neighbours, including Maldives, Myanmar, Bangladesh, China, US, Madagascar, Nepal, South Africa and Sri Lanka, said the Health Ministry.
The last evacuation was conducted on Monday when 58 nationals were brought back from Iran, the third-worst affected country. Close to 300 people have died in Iran due to the virus and over 8,000 people are affected.
