About 2,000 Indians are living in Iran, a country that has witnessed increasing numbers of coronavirus cases in the last few days
New Delhi: An Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft will be sent to Iran on Monday night to bring back Indians stranded in the coronavirus-hit nation, official sources said. [caption id=“attachment_8128911” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]![coronavirus]()
Representational image. PTI[/caption] The C-17 Globemaster military aircraft is expected to depart from the Hindon airbase around 8 pm, they said. About 2,000 Indians are living in Iran, a country that has witnessed increasing numbers of coronavirus cases in the last few days. Follow LIVE updates on Coronavirus Outbreak Three days ago, a Mahan airline plane had brought swab samples of 300 Indians from Iran to India. The Union Health Ministry was initially considering setting up a laboratory in Iran to test Indians living in the country for coronavirus. However, the plan was shelved due to logistical issues.
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