The tale of the 5th #WuhanVirus case at Telangana.
1. A group of Indonesians arrived in New Delhi on Feb 22nd.
2. After staying for a few days a Delhi, they took a train to Karimnagar, about 170 km from Hyderabad to attend what is called an ‘ijtema’.
1. A group of Indonesians arrived in New Delhi on Feb 22nd.
2. After staying for a few days a Delhi, they took a train to Karimnagar, about 170 km from Hyderabad to attend what is called an ‘ijtema’.
3. Wiki says that an 'Ijtema' is a two or three day congregation. The immediate concern of TJ is the moral reform of individuals and purification of the self, often described, as ‘making Muslims true Muslims’: 
4. For example, the Tablighi Jamaat, a non-political global Sunni Islamic missionary movement which believes in the Deobandi School of thought and the Jamat-e-Hind another NGO conducts such Ijtemas.
5. Ten of them along with three Indians arrived in Karimnagar in Telangana on March 14th. The group stayed at a local madrassa or masjids at the Mukarampura and Housing Board Colony areas after they arrived in Karimnagar.
6. They approached the police, who asked them to get medical certificates and sent them to a local hospital. One person was detected with coronavirus symptoms.
7. In the course of their religious campaign, they apparently went about meeting people in some localities in the town.
7. In the course of their religious campaign, they apparently went about meeting people in some localities in the town.
8. With one of them testing positive for the Chinese Virus, the district administration launched efforts to prevent the spread of the virus in areas where the Indonesians stayed and visited.
9. The infected team is currently under isolation at Gandhi Hospital, Hyderabad.
9. The infected team is currently under isolation at Gandhi Hospital, Hyderabad.
10. The larger question is that while the Ijtemas have a faith revival element, what were the Indonesian muslims got to do with such a congregation in a Tier-2 or 3 town in the interiors of India.
