Tanvi Dandekar — a 17-year-old from Mulund is one of the students who were brought back from Rome via a special flight by the central government. Having been in quarantine since March 22, which officially ended on April 6, at an Indo-Tibetan Border Police camp on the outskirts of Delhi and tested negative twice (once in Italy and now at the camp) she awaits for her long stay to end.

Tanvi was in Italy for an exchange programme and stayed with an Italian family to learn the local culture. Recollecting her journey, she said, "I was informed on March 10 that my programme had been cut short and that we had to leave for India on March 12. But on reaching.