India News | 65 Healthcare Personnel Deployed on Kumbh Duty Test Positive for COVID-19

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Sixty-five healthcare personnel, including doctors, deployed on Kumbh duty have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said here on Friday.

Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), Apr 23 (PTI) Sixty-five healthcare personnel, including doctors, deployed on Kumbh duty have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said here on Friday.

All of them have been kept in isolation, they said.

A total of 751 healthcare personnel -- 336 doctors and 415 nurses and paramedics -- had been deployed in the Kumbh Mela area after being vaccinated.

The Kumbh Mela area is spread over 641 hectares.

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