Coronavirus cases have been on an all-time rise across the country and Lakshadweep has been spared by all of the Health Ministry lists.

India’s smallest Union Territory- Lakshadweep has so far not recorded even a single COVID-19 case officially till now.

The smallest Union Territory has so far managed to be completely Coronavirus free and that’s not something very easy to achieve.

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At the moment, India has around 6.84 million total cases of COVID-19 and 5.83 recovered cases.

Now that Lakshadweep has managed to stay this way for the past eight months, many schools in the region are re-opening and are welcoming students with balloons and fresh paints.

The Union Territory has more than 11000 students that are studying around 53 schools in the ten inhabited islands.

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The islands have a population of approximately 64,000 and have been able to stay Coronavirus free and the UT also made testing mandatory for the residents before arriving at the island. They also kept a very strict quarantine policy for the residents.

Even before the lockdown was announced in March, the UT authorities shut down its ports and airports for tourists. Residents were also only allowed to return if they were COVID-Negative.

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The residents who tested positive with the virus were treated in Kerala and were only allowed to travel after recovery.

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