The Sikh Center of New York, Inc prepared and packaged more than 30,000 home-cooked meals for Americans in coronavirus self-isolation, ANI News has reported.

The Sikh Center of New York, Inc prepared and packaged more than 30,000 home-cooked meals for Americans in coronavirus self-isolation. The Sikh community was approached by New York’s Mayor office for food packages that were handed out to several distributing federal agencies in the area.

Sikh Center is distributing and delivering free home-cooked meal that comprise of dry fruits, rice and lentils to Corona virus affected people in New York.

The food was prepared with Strict food hygiene practices such as maintaining social distancing and using face masks and gloves. The distributing agencies will provide food packets to people who are facing trouble in getting food at supermarkets.

The coordinator of American Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (East Coast), Himmat Singh said, “The ‘Sewa’ or service provided by Sikh volunteers is a vegetarian meal comprising of dry fruits, rice and lentils. The meals were prepared on March 22 and was packaged and loaded for delivery. The distribution started on March 23 by local authorities. Volunteers who prepared the meal had a medical check-up and have been approved by physicians and health authorities.”