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After the Union Territory of Lakshadweep reported its first ever case of Covid-19, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has rushed a Central multi-disciplinary team to Lakshadweep.

The team comprises experts drawn from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry; National Institute of Virology, Pune, and Regional Office of Ministry of Health  and Family Welfare. The team shall assist UT Administration in Covid-19 containment activities.

India’s Health Ministry has informed that the index case is a traveler who had come to Lakshadweep from Kochi in Kerala on January 4, 2021, by ship.

“The case had been reported to hospital with symptoms suggestive of Covid-19 and was tested positive. Initially 31 primary contacts of the index case have been traced and quarantined of which 14 have now been found to be positive and have been isolated,” informs the ministry.  

“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 operationalized,” added the ministry.