12 Army jawans test positive in Nagaland

KOHIMA: Twelve Army personnel have tested positive for Covid-19 in Nagaland ’s Kohima district , officials said on Thursday.

Health and family welfare department officials said 12 Army personnel from the Jakhama army camp quarantine centre tested positive on Wednesday. A group of army personnel had returned to Jakhama garrison from different parts of the country last week and were put under strict quarantine according to the military SOP rules within the camp jurisdiction, officials said.

The fresh cases took the total infections in Jakhama Army camp to 15, they said. Earlier, one positive case was detected in the camp on June 19 and two cases on June 23.

All the 15 Army personnel are admitted to the Jakhama Army Hospital and all are asymptomatic, sources said.