Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi to be utilized as quarantine zone amid coronavirus crisis

Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will be used as a quarantine facility in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) today handed over the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to the Delhi government for using it as a quarantine facility for patients infected with the novel coronavirus. SAI handed over the stadium after the District Magistrate had earlier in the day asked if it could be



used for the purpose of quarantine. 

The Sports Ministry had on March 22 announced that facilities under SAI across the country will be made available for usage as quarantine facilities. More than 1250 positive cases for the novel coronavirus have so far been reported across the country besides 36 deaths. The COVID-19 pandemic has so far claimed over 34000 lives worldwide.