With the Union Territory of Lakshadweep reporting its first ever case of Covid-19 on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry has rushed a team of medical experts to contain the situation there. The index case is a traveler who had come to Lakshadweep from Kochi in Kerala on 4th January 2021 by a ship. “The traveler had reported to hospital with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 and was tested positive. Initially 31 primary contacts of the patient have been traced and quarantined of which 14 have now been found to be positive and have been isolated.
“56 contacts of positive cases detected so far have also been traced and quarantined. The UT Administration has initiated disinfection procedures and intensive risk-communication activity has been operationalised,” said the Ministry.