{"id":2743,"date":"2020-03-18T06:32:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T06:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2020-03-18T06:32:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T06:32:46","slug":"soldier-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-first-case-in-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/18\/soldier-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-first-case-in-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldier Tests Positive For Coronavirus, First Case In Army"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across India, 147 have tested positive for coronavirus and there have been three deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Delhi, March 18:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 34-year-old soldier posted in Leh, Ladakh, is the first case of coronavirus in the Indian Army. He has been placed in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soldier is from the Ladakh Scouts, an infantry regiment of the Army known as the \u201cSnow Warriors\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His father had returned from Iran on February 27. He was on casual leave and at home when his father arrived. He reportedly rejoined duty on March 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His father was quarantined from Feb 29 at Ladakh Heart Foundation and reported positive for coronavirus or COVID 19 on March 6. The soldier was quarantined a day later, and he tested positive on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports say even though the soldier had rejoined his post, he had been staying at his native village and helping his family during the quarantine period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soldier\u2019s sister, wife and two children are also quarantined in hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another Indian Army officer has been quarantined at a military institute in Pune with symptoms of the virus. The officer has not been tested yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across India, 147 have tested positive for coronavirus and there have been three deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Courtesy: NDTV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across India, 147 have tested positive for coronavirus and there have been three deaths. New Delhi, March 18: A 34-year-old soldier posted in Leh, Ladakh, is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,28,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2743","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news","category-local-news","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}