13 +ve Passengers Of Chartered Flight From Italy To Punjab Flee From Hospital

179 passengers, including 19 children, landed in Amritsar from Milan around 1:30 pm on a chartered flight today.

13 passengers who tested positive for Covid after landing in Amritsar earlier today have run away from the hospital, authorities said. They allegedly tricked the health officials and fled, they said this evening.

The patients were admitted to Amritsar's Guru Nanak Dev Hospital.

"We will initiate proceedings to cancel their passport," Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Khehra told NDTV.

"If they don't return by morning, we will publish their photos in the newspaper," he warned, adding, FIRs under the Epidemic Act and the Disaster Management Act will be registered against them.