Himachal Pradesh: 64 police personnel, 5 other staff members test positive for COVID-19 in Kangra

Jan 12, 2022

Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 12 : Sixty-four police personnel and five other police staff members tested positive for COVID-19 in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.
All the patients are in home-quarantine and no one is hospitalised till yet. The positive cases were detected during the testing of police staff in view of rising COVID-19 cases.
"In view of COVID cases, we have started testing our police personnel and staff. In the last 3 days, 64 police personnel and 5 staff members have tested positive. No one is hospitalized and all are in-home quarantine," said Kushal Sharma, SP Kangra to ANI.


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