Bhatkal: As many as 60 stranded Bhatkal citizens, who had arrived Mangaluru from Muscat on a Vande Bharath repatriation flight on July 11, reached Bhatkal on Saturday after completing seven days of hotel quarantine in Mangaluru. It shall be noted that all the 60 passengers will continue their remaining quarantine period at Anjuman quarantine facility here in Bhatkal, arranged by Majlise Islah Wa Tanzeem. 

The group today arrived Bhatkal on two different busses engaged by Bhatkali Jamaatul Muslimeen Mangaluru. It shall be noted that the arrivals were quarantined at a private hotel in Mangaluru for the first seven days in wake of the raising cases of Coronavirus in Bhatkal.

Though the passengers belonged to Uttara Kannada district, their throat swab samples were not taken in Mangaluru, which will be collected in Bhatkal during the remaining period of their quarantine. They will now be looked after by Majlise Islah Wa Tanzeem and Taluka administration.