Hundreds of paramilitary troopers test positive in Mizoram & Tripura

SHILLONG/AIZAWL/AGARTALA: Several hundred Central paramilitary troopers and personnel of other Central agencies in several north-eastern States have tested positive for coronavirus, Ministers and officials said.

Health officials in Mizoram said that 26 National Disaster Response Force, 21 Assam Rifles and 19 BSF troopers had tested positive in the State. The NDRF personnel had recently returned from Assam, Manipur, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh. In all, 238 people were infected in Mizoram but 159 of them have recovered.

Many Indian Army personnel have also tested positive in Nagaland and other northeastern states.

In Tripura, around 200 BSF personnel, and their family members had been infected by coronavirus but all of them have recovered. (IANS)

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