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CRPF headquarters in Delhi sealed after 2 staff members test positive for COVID-19

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CRPF headquarters in Delhi sealed after 2 staff members test positive for COVID-19
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The headquarters of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been sealed after a personal staff of a senior officer and a bus driver of the paramilitary tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the officials said on Sunday. The five-storey building is located inside the Central Government Offices (CGO) complex on the Lodhi Road in New Delhi. A personal secretary of a Special Director General (SDG)-rank officer working in the headquarters has tested positive for the pandemic on Saturday. publive-image Also, a bus driver of paramilitary working at the headquarters contracted the disease, the official added. “One driver attached with the CRPF headquarters has tested COVID-19 positive. The headquarters is closed for sanitisation till the task is completed,” a force spokesperson said.
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publive-image Meanwhile, the entry of officials in the headquarters has been barred from Sunday. A senior official said that the force has informed the district surveillance officer for initiating the required protocols as per the medical guidelines, for time-bound proper sealing of the building. Two More Corona Cases in Sirsa of Haryana | Haryana News “All procedures will be followed. CRPF Director-General A P Maheshwari has issued clear directions that all the COVID-19 guidelines have to be followed strictly,” he said. They said a contact tracing exercise has started to quarantine all the personnel who came in contact with the two infected staffers. The SDG-rank officer has already put under self-quarantine. Also Read | Ferozepur reports first death due to COVID-19; confirmed cases in Punjab cross 1000 The security force has been witnessing multiple cases of COVID-19. Reportedly, at least 135 personnel of its 31st battalion based in Delhi have been infected and a 55-year-old Sub-Inspector of the unit succumbed to the disease last week. At least three other personnel from different units have been diagnosed with the disease and a number of their colleagues have been quarantined. -PTC News-
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