<p>Twenty-four rafting guides in the Muni-ki-Reti area here have tested positive for Covid-19, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Nine of them tested positive for the disease through the rapid-antigen test and 15 others through the RT-PCR test on Friday, Medical Officer Jagdish Chandra Joshi said.</p>.<p>Nine of them are in institutional quarantine and 15 in self-isolation, he added.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus">For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>The Uttarakhand government had allowed resumption of the trading activities associated with adventure sports in the state from September 26, but tourists did not always follow the social-distancing norms, Rafting Association president Dinesh Bhatt said.</p>.<p>An estimated 20,000 tourists have gone rafting in Rishikesh since September 26 and with 24 rafting guides diagnosed with the virus, the remaining 676 have also been asked to go for a Covid-19 test, he added.</p>.<p>Medical teams are conducting Covid tests at the camps in the Shivpuri and Brahmapuri areas of Rishikesh, Bhatt said.</p>.<p>Attributing the detection of positive cases among tourist guides largely to the disregard shown to Covid guidelines by tourists, Muni-ki-Reti police station in-charge RK Saklani said around 6,000 tourists have so far been fined for not wearing masks and not following the norms of physical distancing.</p>
<p>Twenty-four rafting guides in the Muni-ki-Reti area here have tested positive for Covid-19, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Nine of them tested positive for the disease through the rapid-antigen test and 15 others through the RT-PCR test on Friday, Medical Officer Jagdish Chandra Joshi said.</p>.<p>Nine of them are in institutional quarantine and 15 in self-isolation, he added.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus">For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>The Uttarakhand government had allowed resumption of the trading activities associated with adventure sports in the state from September 26, but tourists did not always follow the social-distancing norms, Rafting Association president Dinesh Bhatt said.</p>.<p>An estimated 20,000 tourists have gone rafting in Rishikesh since September 26 and with 24 rafting guides diagnosed with the virus, the remaining 676 have also been asked to go for a Covid-19 test, he added.</p>.<p>Medical teams are conducting Covid tests at the camps in the Shivpuri and Brahmapuri areas of Rishikesh, Bhatt said.</p>.<p>Attributing the detection of positive cases among tourist guides largely to the disregard shown to Covid guidelines by tourists, Muni-ki-Reti police station in-charge RK Saklani said around 6,000 tourists have so far been fined for not wearing masks and not following the norms of physical distancing.</p>