Under Operation Kaveri, 117 of 1,191 Indians rescued from strife-torn Sudan are currently being quarantined free of charge as they were not vaccinated against yellow fever, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
The Ministry of Health is working in close collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs under Operation Kaveri. The Government of India is evacuating about 3,000 passengers of Indian origin from Sudan.
Necessary quarantine facilities are being arranged at transit junctures in mission mode for the incoming passengers, the ministry said.
Operation Kaveri was launched on April 24 to evacuate the Indian citizens stranded in Sudan.