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750 Tibetans Tested for COVID-19

June 18, 2020;

Around 750 Tibetans in India have been tested for COVID-19. The exiled Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) report that “the total number of cases in the Tibetan community is 22, out of which 13 cases are active, 7 have recovered and 2 have died”. The CTA added that, “the percentage of positive cases in the Tibetan community in India falls around 2.9 percent out of 750 tests”.

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