NEW DELHI : The Indian Army on Saturday confirmed that one more of its personnel had tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease taking the number of infected in the service to 9.
The confirmation comes as the Indian Navy reported that 26 sailors within its ranks had tested positive for covid-19. “We can confirm that one Woman Medical Officer is tested positive for COVID-19 at Dehradun," a person aware of the development said. “Contact tracing is being done.
All primary contacts at Dehradun are under home quarantine. One officer who traveled with her has tested negative. Rest of the contacts will be tested between day 5-14 of contact with her," the person said.