Central Taskforce Committee members addressing 120th Covid briefing

Dharamshala: Updating the weekly Covid briefing, the Taskforce Committee member Tenzin Kunsang, Joint Secretary of Health Department, CTA, reported 56 new cases from 163 tests during the time span of the past two weeks consisting of 34 recoveries and 22 still-active as of now. Among the 22, one is hospitalised, and the rest are in home quarantine.

The Joint Secretary further updated the latest record of 11,137 vaccination of booster doses in the Tibetan community of India and Nepal while mentioning 9,078 recoveries and 169 deaths from the reportedly 9,269 cases thus far in the community.

Given the Covid surge in Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan community following the monsoon arrival, the committee member Kunsang stressed unceasing efforts in the sanitisation, vaccination, application of proper ventilation systems in one’s dwelling, and continuous adoption of mask-wearing to dodge the virus transmission. In addition, she insisted infected people with moderate and no symptoms to avoid engagement in public gatherings keeping others’ safety into consideration.

Apart from that, the usage of uncontaminated water is also advised by the Taskforce Committee member, given the rise in diseases like typhoid and dengue during monsoon, which have identical symptoms to that of Covid, while alerting Tibetan seasonal retail sellers to adhere to the Covid mandatories.

Dr Jigme Kelsang from Delek Hospital updated the recent weeks’ worldwide growth in Covid cases following the Joint Secretary and urged people with symptoms to immediately consult physicians in their locality and remain isolated. Furthermore, she appealed to Tibetans above 18 to obtain a booster dose as soon as possible.