39 people in Uttarakhand village test COVID-19 positive

A village in Uttarakhand's Pauri district was declared COVID-19 containment zone after 39 people living there tested positive for the virus on Saturday, officials said

The health department sealed Sileth village in Pokhda block and declared it as a containment zone, Pauri's Chief Medical Officer Manoj Sharma said

A Ramlila was staged in the village from November 24 to December 1 where some people showed symptoms of cough, cold and fever. The village has a population of 285, Sharma said.