40,000 people are quarantined after ONE ‘super spreader’ preacher, 70, caused Indian coronavirus outbreak following trip to Italy

Around 40,000 have been quarantined in India after a ‘super spreader’ preacher returned from coronavirus-stricken Italy.

Up to 20 villages in Punjab have been forced into isolation after Baldev Singh got back from the Mediterranean country and died of the deadly bug.

The 70-year-old also visited Germany before going home for the Hola Mohalla Sikh festival, which sees crowds of 10,000 each day.

Mr Singh, who had reportedly flouted advice to stay at home, was revealed to have died from coronavirus in a postmortem and a week later 19 members of his family tested positive.

An official told the BBC: ‘So far, we have been

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