Rajasthan: 17 BSF jawans back from poll duty test Covid +ve

JAISALMER: Covid cases are being reported among BSF personnnel returning from election duties in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal and armed forces jawans returning from holiday. Two days ago, 17 jawans of BSF who returned to Jaisalmer from election duty tested positive. Most of them are asymptomatic. The remaining jawans are staying separately and their health is being monitored. Since all the jawans have been administered second dose of vaccine there is no reason to worry. Army and Air Force jawans returning from holidays were also found positive after which leave of jawans who are on holiday was extended. According to official sources, a quarantine centre, with the help of district administration has been set up for jawans and officers of BSF who are returning from election duty.
Sources said that similarly, many jawans and officers of the Indian Army and Air Force returning after holidays have tested positive. Thye have been kept in isolation. Many of them have been sent to Army, Air Force hospitals for treatment and many others have been put in isolation centre. The Army has made a quarantine centre for the jawans and officers returning from holidays. BSF IG Pankaj Ghumar said that BSF jawans who have tested positive and are asymptomatic will be deployed at the border after they test negative. At present all precautions are being taken at the border outposts regarding the virus infection. All have been directed to discharge their duties according to guidelines so that nobody at the border is infected.