All Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers and office bearers will have to undergo screening for coronavirus before attending the three-day meet Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) — the highest decision-making body of the organisation—in Bengaluru, starting March 15.
The annual meeting of the ABPS will decide on the organisation's future course of action.
The confluence this time would see participation of around 1,500 elected representatives of RSS and associated organisations.
The Health Ministry on Friday put the number of coronavirus cases in the country at 75, which includes a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi in Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality. The State has five coronavirus patients.
Taking note of the rising threat of coronavirus, RSS's Prachar Pramukh (joint publicity chief) Narender Thakur said it is mandatory for RSS workers and office bearers to undergo screening for coronavirus before attending the ABPS meeting.
Even security personnel and journalists covering the meeting will be screened, he said, adding the Sangh has made all necessary arrangements in this regard.
Apart from Karnataka, Delhi has reported six positive cases and Uttar Pradesh 10. Karnataka has five coronavirus patients, Maharashtra 11 and Ladakh three.