403 people released from Armed Forces quarantine

April 03, 2020 15:32

A total number of 403 people suspected of having coronavirus out of the 1,737 handled at six different quarantine facilities being run by the armed forces have been released after mandatory procedures, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday.

"Armed Forces are running six quarantine facilities at Mumbai, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Hindon, Manesar and Chennai. 1,737 persons have been handled at these centres, of which 403 have been released so far," the MoD said in a statement.

It said that the armed forces have been working round-the-clock to provide medical and logistics support to the needy to contain COVID-19 pandemic and added that the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) has deployed its resources to aid the civilian authorities.

"Three positive COVID cases - two from Hindan and one from Manesar - were referred to Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital for further treatment. In addition, 15 other facilities are being kept ready as standby for use, if required," the statement said.

"Dedicated COVID-19 facilities including High Dependency Units, Intensive Care Unit beds are being prepared in 51 hospitals of the armed forces across the country. Some of these facilities are located at Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Dundigal near Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kanpur, Jaisalmer, Jorhat and Gorakhpur," it added.

Five viral testing labs at armed forces hospitals, which can carry out COVID-19 tests, have also been made part of the national grid. -- ANI

Image: DGP J&K Dilbag Singh reviewed the quarantine facilities established by Police in Police Training School Kathua and Sher Kashmir Police Academy, in Udhampur on Wednesday. Pic: ANI

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