AGARTALA, May 12 (TIWN): Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar Rakesh has said that the swab samples of most suspected jawans of the 86th and 138th Battalions have already been tested. In a respite after ten consecutive days of multiple cases, only two BSF officials on Monday tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of positive cases among the para-military troopers and their kin in Tripura to 150. According to the Tripura health officials, the fresh two cases were found in the BSF''s 86th Battalion headquartered in Ambassa, the district headquarters of Dhalai, 82 km north of Agartala.The Chief Minister said that no civilian living near the BSF Battalion headquarters was found positive yet.According to state health officials, the 150 positive cases included 124 BSF personnel, including officers, of the two battalions (86th and 138th) and 25 family members -- 14 children and 11 women as well as a civilian mess worker.

The headquarters of both 86th and 138th Battalions at Ambassa were earlier declared a "Red Zone" by the Union Health Ministry after the BSF jawans and their family members tested positive.

The health officials said that most of the infected persons were brought to Agartala and are now undergoing treatment at the state-run Govind Ballabh Pant Medical College and Hospital, a dedicated Covid-19 hospital.

State Govt is also arranging Quarantine Centres for the people who will be arriving from other States.