In the latest news from Dharamshala, a 19 year old Tibetan girl has tested COVID-19 positive. According to the sources, the new case of infection from the headquarter of Tibetan exile is an imported case. This is the second case among the Tibetans in Dharamshala after the first COVID-19 death back in March this year.
A 19 year old Tibetan girl is one of the positive cases announced by the district authorities in Kangra on Sunday. According to Facebook post by Superintendent of Police, Kangra, four cases of Coronavirus infection in the district detected today. The post informed of the case from Mcleod Ganj that happens to be Tibetan.
The infected girl has arrived from New Delhi and she has been under mandatory institutional quarantine arranged by Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamshala. While she has been taken to the DCCC Zonal hospital in Dharamshala, her condition is said to be stable.
Till now all identified cases of inflection among Tibetans have the common link of travel history to New Delhi. Now the total tally of identified confirmed cases among Tibetans in India is at 25.
“COVID-19 status in exile Tibetan community: As per this week, 7 cases in Ladakh, a 58-year-old male, 28-year-old male, 23-year-old female, 20-year-old female, 55-year-old female, 23-year-old female, a 21-year-old female. Among them, the 20-year-old, 21-year-old and 23-year-old woman who contracted the virus this week are reported to have recovered as well. In Delhi, 3 Tibetans, a 78-year-old man, 34-year-old man, 29-year-old woman, of which the 78-year-old man passed away on June 10. From Doeguling settlement of Mundgod, a 30-year-old man has reported positive, bringing the total to 11 cases confirmed this week. So far, 24 people have been infected in the Tibetan community in India, with 13 recoveries, 2 deaths, 9 active cases.” CTA Wuhan COVID-19 task force member Dr. Tsering Tsamchoe said in the last briefing on Thursday.
There has been a continued rise in the cases of coronavirus infection in India, till now more than 410K cases of infection have been identified and more than 13K have lost their lives. As for whole world, there are more than 8.8 million confirmed cases with more than 465K deaths.
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