Over 150 Clergymen Check Covid Certain In Himachal Pradesh, Monastery Declared Containment Zone
The inflamed clergymen, majority of whom are asymptomatic, haven’t any shuttle historical past (Representational)
Dharamsala:
Over 150 clergymen have examined certain for coronavirus at Gyuto Buddhist monastery and the realm has been declared a containment zone, officers stated on Tuesday.
The COVID-19 cluster got here to gentle final week when 20 instances have been detected. Round 330 clergymen had been examined and 154 have been discovered to be inflamed with the virus within the final 8 days, Gurdarshan Gupta, the district’s Leader Clinical Officer of Kangra district, stated.
“Investigation into the cluster at Gyato Monestary printed that incident began on the monastery (Tibetan new yr) pageant on February 14.
“About 15 clergymen got here from Karnataka and Delhi. First instances have been reported on February 23,” Kangra District Collectiir Rakesh Prajapati stated.
The inflamed clergymen, a majority of whom are reported to be asymptomatic, haven’t any shuttle historical past and are being quarantined inside the monastery compound.
“Unusually, all individuals coming from out of doors have examined unfavourable. Just one affected person in average class was once shifted to Tanda Clinical School Health facility. The remaining are being controlled in house isolation on the monastery,” the DC stated.
The realm has been declared a containment zone and sealed by way of Sub-Divisional Justice of the Peace, Dharamsala till additional understand.
Everybody above the age of 60 within the monastery will probably be vaccinated, the DC stated.
The Gyuto Tantric Monastery this is the most important establishment of the Geluk faculty of Tibetan Buddhism the place clergymen from Tibet, Mongolia, Ladakh, Sikkim and Spiti are resident scholars of Buddhist research.
