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Tibetans in India Avoiding COVID-19

April 15, 2020;

Palden Dhondup, secretary health for the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), reported on April 14 “that there is no COVID-19 case in [the] Tibetan community living in India as of today”. Authorities sealed off Mcleod Ganj following the death on March 23 of 69-year-old Tibetan Tenzin Choden. A CTA official added that “in all [Tibetan] settlements, all rules notified by the Government of India are being strictly followed”.

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