Two more cases of novel Coronavirus were reported from Uttarakhand on Thursday. With these the number of cases of the COVID-19 in the State mounted to three.
The swab samples of two trainees of the Indian Forest Services (IFS) officers at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) were found positive on Thursday.
The samples were tested at Government Medical College Haldwani. The first case of the disease in Uttarakhand was also from among the IFS trainees of IGNFA.
Incidentally all the three cases which have been found positive in Uttarakhand are from among the IFS trainees who had gone to Spain for a study tour.
In view of the concentration of the cases in a particular area, it is learnt that the administration is planning to impose a lock-down of the Forest Research Institute (FRI) where IGNFA is located.
The director general (DG) of state health services Dr Amita Upreti said that a total of 114 samples have been collected so far for COVID-19 testing out of which results of 85 have been received and three cases have been found positive. She added that till date 938 persons from China and other affected countries have been identified and placed under surveillance.
A total of 454 persons have completed 28 days of observation. On Thursday, samples of 19 suspected patients were taken and sent for testing.