New Delhi: After the personal staff member of a top-ranking officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) tested positive for COVID-19, the headquarters of the paramilitary force here has been sealed for sanitisation until further orders, officials said on Sunday.
After test reports of the staffer, who had been turning for duty regularly at the Lodhi Road office, turned positive for novel coronavirus, the entire office has been sealed, officials said. Sources confirmed that some of the top-level officers of the central paramilitary force will also move into home quarantine as they were in contact with the infected person.
Total 40 officers and staff including a Special Director General rank officer, Deputy Inspector General to be home quarantined.#COVID19 #CRPF https://t.co/HB8gGCDsPS
— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2020
The entire building at the CGO complex, which houses the offices of Director General (DG) CRPF and Special Director General (SDG) CRPF, will be sanitised.
“The report of the staffer come positive yesterday. The building will not be open to any person for procedural reasons. The date of opening of the building for the staff has not been decided yet,” a senior CRPF official said.
CRPF building also has a control room that is connected to all units to provide quick information to headquarters. (ANI)
Till Now, 127 CRPF personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. “Test results of 68 more jawans have shown them COVID-19 positive. All jawans are attached to a battalion having camp in East Delhi. Total positive cases in this battalion have reached 122 and overall figure of COVID-19 cases in CRPF is 127, including one recovered and one death,” CRPF stated.
