As many as 38 personnel of the CRPF’s jungle warfare unit CoBRA tested positive for coronavirus in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday following which they were quarantined, officials said.The personnel belong to the 202nd Battalion of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), an elite wing of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).As many as 75 personnel posted in the Temelwada camp in the district were subjected to Rapid Antigen Test. Of them, 38 tested positive for the infection following which they were quarantined in their camp, Sukma Chief Medical and Health Officer C.V. Bansod said.Swab samples of the remaining troopers were sent for RT-PCR tests to Jagdalpur, the headquarters of Bastar district, he said. Contact tracing has been undertaken for coronavirus positive CoBRA personnel.
The troopers of the CoBRA’s 202nd Battalion, who hail from different parts of the country, reached Sukma on Sunday to report to duty in Temelwada, Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma said.
As per Covid-19 protocols, they were tested for the infection.On Sunday night, Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo announced that he tested positive for Coronavirus infection. In March last year also, he had tested Covid-19 positive.