By Craig Lewis
Gyuto Tantric Monastery. From facebook.com
More than 150 Buddhist monks at Gyuto Tantric Monastery in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh have tested positive for COVID-19, local media reports indicated on Tuesday. A total of 156 confirmed cases have so far been diagnosed among monastics at Gyuto Monastery in the Sidhbari suburb of Dharamsala after the latest round of testing, the reports said, adding that the area has been sealed off as a containment zone until further notice.
“Around 100 Buddhist monks from Gyuto Monastery in Dharamsala have tested positive for COVID-19 today [Monday], said Kangra District Chief Medical Officer Dr. Gurdarshan Gupta. “Total, 156 monks have tested positive in the monastery. This locality has been declared as a containment zone.” (India TV)
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. File
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The Central Tibetan Administration has also requested for vaccination of the whole Tibetan community living in India The Kangra district administration on Wednesday said special provisions will be made to vaccinate the Dalai Lama against COVID-19 after the Dharamsala-based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) wrote to the Indian government about this.
The CTA, also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, had asked the Centre and the Kangra district medical officer to vaccinate the Dalai Lama and those working around him at the earliest, its secretary of health Palden said. We have also requested for vaccination of the whole Tibetan community living in India, he added.
Subhash Rajta
Tribune News Service
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