Over 70 migrants jump quarantine

At a time when thousands of migrants are returning to Bihar every day and the State government is grappling with the herculean task of their isolation, over 70 migrants on Saturday fled from a quarantine centre in Nawada district, citing poor facilities and lack of food.

As many as 200 migrants are quarantined at Aadarsh Inter School at Sirdala block in Nawada district. On May 8, the sample test report of one of those migrants had come as positive for COVID-19.

Earlier, over 20 migrants had run away from a quarantine centre in Katihar district of northeast Bihar. They too had complained of lack of proper amenities and food.