Chennai: More than 30 personnel attached to Naval Air Station INS Parundu in Ramanathapura have tested positive for coronavirus. However, the forward operating base is ‘operational, sources said.
Officials said that as per standard protocol, such personnel are quarantined and tested for the contagion in which ‘some’ of them have tested positive.
‘INS Parundu is very much operational. Entry of civilian staff working there has been restricted,’ they added.
INS Parundu is an Indian naval air station located near Uchipuli in the Ramanathapuram. It operates under the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.