On Tuesday, the Health Ministry said that Lakshadweep reported its first case of COVID-19 and that a team of experts was transferred to the Union territory to assist with containment activities. “The index case is a traveler who arrived in Lakshadweep from Kochi in Kerala on January 4 on a …
Read More »Covid emerges in Lakshadweep after first case Monday, Center Rushes team
56 people who had come into contact with the positive cases have been quarantined (Archive) New Delhi: Lakshadweep, the smallest Union territory in the country, which had not reported any coronavirus cases as of Sunday, has now registered a total of 15 positive cases, prompting the center to dispatch a …
Read More »14 states report less than 5,000 cases of Covid-19: Ministry of Health
At least 14 states in the country currently have fewer than 5,000 active cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) each, highlighting the need to focus on states with a high case burden to cut the infection transmission cycle. viral, according to government officials. They are Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, …
Read More »Sea cucumber worth Rs 32 lakh found buried in Lakshadweep
Authorities have recovered a new shipment of 41 dead sea cucumbers (taxidermized), the protected marine invertebrates cultivated as delicacies and for traditional medicine throughout Southeast Asia, worth Rs 32 lakh from Agatti Island of Lakshadweep. Also read: 51.5 kg of sea cucumbers worth ₹ 1 crore seized in Lakshadweep Sea …
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