Delhi govt in touch with other states on movement of migrant workers; Kejriwal says efforts being made to bring back students stranded in Kota

The Delhi government has sought details from states about numbers of their migrant workers stranded in Delhi due to the coronavirus-forced lockdown and said it will make arrangements for screening before they leave for their native places, while efforts are being made to bring back students of the national capital stuck in Kota, Rajasthan.

According to an official, the government will set up medical camps where migrant workers and other people who are stranded here will have to undergo the screening process.

With 76 fresh infections, the total number of coronavirus cases in Delhi rose to 3,515 on Thursday. Three deaths were also reported taking the fatalities to 59, according to a health bulletin.

The government ordered screening of all people living in COVID-19 containment zones at least thrice within 14 days of identifying such areas.

The move comes in the backdrop of several people testing positive for coronavirus in containment zones despite restrictions imposed there.

At present, there are 98 containment zones in the national capital.

The day saw only two recoveries from the infection. There are 2,362 active cases in Delhi.

The government has also decided to deploy two medical teams to carry out COVID-19 tests on traders and workers in Azadpur Mandi as another coronavirus positive case was reported from the wholesale vegetable market taking the total number of cases there to 16.

On bringing back students from Kota in Rajasthan, Kejriwal tweeted, "Delhi govt is making arrangements to soon bring Delhi students back home from Kota."