Quarantine within units, extended leave mark Armed Forces' war on Covid-19

Fourteen-day isolation for those returning from leave, work from home for a third of officers in armed forces.

Over three months since the outbreak of the coronavirus in China’s Wuhan province, India went into lockdown for a period of 21 days as the pathogen makes its way from one state to another. The Health Ministry which is leading the charge on the pandemic has roped in the armed forces as the first respondent to the crisis.

While the Indian Army was the first to establish a quarantine facility in Manesar, which has since been increased to five across India, a positive case in the Ladakh Scouts regiment has sent the alarm bells ringing in the defence corridors. The