Two test samples received from Delhi on April 27 are negative for Covid-19 and both reports are from Leh district.

Rigzin Samphel, Commissioner/ Secretary Health said that a total of 57 students were evacuated from Kota (Rajasthan) with the help of the J&K UT Administration and they have reached Jammu on April 27. They will reach Leh on April 28, and all the students will be kept under 14 days institutional quarantine and their samples would be sent for testing. 

He informed that the contact tracing in both the places has already begun and the Medical department had already collected nearly 100 samples in Bogdang area. At Sankoo, the positive patient was already in the buffer zone and was under home quarantine. And almost all the samples of the contact tracing have been completed in Sankoo area.

"About 500 Iran pilgrims evacuated from Jodhpur and Hindon had already reached Ladakh and are kept under institutional quarantine. At this moment, about 90 pilgrims are at Jodhpur quarantine facility centre and they will also be evacuated after their test reports are negative for COVID-19. UT Administration is in close contact with the Ministry of External Affairs for the evacuation of the remaining 315 pilgrims from Iran", stated Samphel.

Samphel further said that all the vehicles carrying essential commodities and medical items would be allowed to ply from Zojila, while the decision on plying of non-essential vehicles will be decided later.