Salima Sugar Company Limited says it has registered nine Covid-19 suspects from India.

Dr Charles Thupi, Company Secretary for the company has confirmed this the development.

Currently India has registered a fourth wave of Covid-19 which has seen an increase in positive and deaths reaching at three hundred thousand per day.

Thupi said the nine are among 40 Indians who arrived in the country after undergoing a Covid-19 test in India as per travel requirements.

He added that a PCR tests by Ministry of Health have been conducted today and they expect the results tomorrow.