Arrested from Nicobar, Myanmarese poachers test Covid negative

Port Blair, May 13 () Seven Myanmarese poachers,who were on quarantine after their arrest last month fromAndaman and Nicobar Islands, were tested negative for novelcoronavirus infection, an official said here on Wednesday.

The poachers were apprehended from a forest nearKakana village in Nicobar district of the archipelago on April24.

They were then sent for institutional quarantine atKamorta under police surveillance.

Their samples were sent to Port Blair for Covid-19testing and the results were found to be negative, theofficial said.

They would soon be brought from Kamorta to Port Blairto initiate legal action against them.

Poachers from Myanmar sneak into the islands ofAndaman and Nicobar and take away valuable fish and preciouscorals. CORNN NN