World's highest post office Hikkam located in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti Valley at the height of 15,000 feet above sea level and currently marooned in a thick blanket of snow has been hit by the coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday.

A team of doctors for the first time reached the village where the night temperature currently hovers around 20 degrees Celsius below freezing and collected samples on Monday. Hikkam has a population of 200. Also its nearby villages Komik and Langche have been hit by the pandemic. They support a population of 87 and 136, respectively.