Indore, Jun 9 (PTI) A Kuwait Airways Corporation's (KAC) special flight carrying 51 Indians who were stranded in Kuwait amid COVID-19 outbreak landed at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport here on Tuesday night.

Airport Director Aryama Sanyal said the KAC aircraft landed here at 08:17 pm after taking a halt at Delhi where some passengers disembarked.

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Fifty-one passengers disembarked at Indore airport, she added.

Health check-up of all the passengers was conducted and their belongings were sanitized.

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Chief Medical and Health Officer of the district M P Sharma said that all 51 passengers were sent to quarantine centres where they would be kept for seven days and will also be tested for COVID-19.

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