Rishikesh: Sixty-five healthcare personnel, including doctors, deployed on Kumbh duty have tested positive for COVID-19.
All of the affected healthcare workers have been kept in isolation, news agency PTI quoted officials saying.
A total of 751 healthcare personnel - 336 doctors and 415 nurses and paramedics - had been deployed in the Kumbh Mela area after being vaccinated. The Kumbh Mela area is spread over 641 hectares.
Apart from Delhi, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and other states, Telangana also has issued guidelines for the people returning from Kumbh. The Director of Public Health said all those who attended Kumbh Mela held from April 1 to April 17 should quarantine and maintain physical distance from family members for 14 days.