Covid Positivity Northeast

At least 64 per cent of the districts in India with over 10 per cent COVID-19 positivity rate are from the eight states in the northeast region, the Health Ministry has said.

At least two people who have returned from the UK to northeast India in the past few days have tested positive for COVID-19 and their swab samples have been sent to find out if they are infected with the mutant strain of the coronavirus that is believed to be far more contagious, official said on Friday.

After a doctor of a mohalla or community clinic in Delhi tested positive for coronavirus, close to 900 people who came in contact him have been quarantined, a city minister said on Thursday. The chain of infection started with a woman who returned from Saudi Arabia on March 10, and visited the clinic with symptoms of COVID-19.

At least 64 per cent of the districts in India with over 10 per cent COVID-19 positivity rate are from the eight states in the northeast region, the Health Ministry has said.

At least two people who have returned from the UK to northeast India in the past few days have tested positive for COVID-19 and their swab samples have been sent to find out if they are infected with the mutant strain of the coronavirus that is believed to be far more contagious, official said on Friday.

After a doctor of a mohalla or community clinic in Delhi tested positive for coronavirus, close to 900 people who came in contact him have been quarantined, a city minister said on Thursday. The chain of infection started with a woman who returned from Saudi Arabia on March 10, and visited the clinic with symptoms of COVID-19.