21 Indian Navy men test positive for coronavirus

A total of 21 serving personnel of Indian Navy have been tested positive for Coronavirus within naval premises at Mumbai, sources in Defence Ministry said on Saturday.

"This number includes 20 sailors of Indian Naval Ship Angre, a shore establishment at Mumbai," a Defence Ministry source said.

It was found that most of these cases were ''asymptomatic'' and have been traced to a single sailor who was tested positive on April 7.

They all reside in the same accommodation block at INS Angre.

The navy men have been admitted in naval hospital INHS Asvini in Mumbaia''s Colaba after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.

All primary contacts, though asymptomatic, were tested for Covid-19.


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