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Staffer tests positive, Rail Bhavan shut for 2 days
41 new cases in 24 hours, CISF total 109
New Delhi: Rail Bhavan, which is the headquarters of the Indian Railways in Central Delhi, will be shut for the next two days after a Railway Protection Force staffer tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, officials said.
The employee, working as a clerk in RPF Director General Arun Kumar's office on the fourth floor of Rail Bhavan, was in quarantine since May 6, they said.
According to an order issued on Wednesday, the building, which houses the Railway Board, will be shut on May 14 and 15 and intensive sanitisation of all the rooms and common areas will be done.
A total of 22 inmates of permanent & temporary jails have tested positive in Uttar Pradesh so far. 11 prisoners have been found positive in Agra Centra Jail, 6 in Moradabad Jail (all recovered) and five inmates in temporary jails.
Two Delhi court judges have gone into self quarantine at home for 14 days after one of them came in contact with a Covid-19 positive patient, a circular by Saket District Court said. The covid-19 positive patient was produced before him for recording a statement on May 6.
The CISF faced its highest spurt so far in novel coronavirus infection as 41 personnel tested positive within 24 hours, taking the total to 109 infected troopers in the paramilitary force till Wednesday, officials said.
The information followed separate reports received by the force declaring these 41 CISF personnel infected with the deadly disease which on Monday claimed the life of a 55-year-old Assistant Sub Inspector of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) during treatment in Kolkata, raising serious concern as it was the first death reported in the force.
Of these 41 CISF personnel, four were deputed in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and 37 at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSEL) in Kolkata. Of the 109 CISF personnel infected with the virus, 39 are in Kolkata, 32 in Mumbai, 31 in Delhi, five in Ahmedabad, and two in Greater Noida.
