Virus lands at Singngat AR camp
Source: The Sangai Express
CCpur, August 13 2020:
After creating mayhem at STC/BSF campus in Churachandpur, COVID-19 has reached the corridors of 2 Assam Rifles based at Singngat sub-divisional headquarters.
The arrival of the contagion inside the AR garrison was first established from one of their personnel who went to consult Doctors at Shija Hospital for a prolonged heart case ailment on August 8, sources said.
Following the report, the IDSP Churachandpur has begun contact tracing within the barracks and accordingly visited the AR camp yesterday.
They reportedly met top officials from the camp and discussed the course of action that needs to be taken up, including, the segregation of those suspected.
Today, using Rapid Antigen Test kits, about 80 personnel were tested for COVID-19 with 10 returning positive.
Sources said the number within the AR camp may still rise as there are more than a hundred who are yet to be tested.