In the past week, the islands have seen an alarming rise in infections since reporting the first case on 26 March PORT BLAIR/MUMBAI : Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, fast emerging as a covid-19 hotspot, could have an unsuspecting victim in one of the world’s most ancient tribes living in faraway Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with potentially devastating consequences.
The Andaman Islands, home to the Jarawa, Onge and Shompen indigenous people, whose low natural immunity makes them particularly vulnerable to diseases, have recorded several coronavirus cases directly linked to the religious congregation in South Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz, organized by Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic missionary movement.