UP: DG family welfare, DSO test Covid positive in line of duty

LUCKNOW: Two key officials in charge of containing communicable and infectious diseases, including Covid-19, tested positive on Monday and were among 749 new cases detected in past 24 hours. The

coronavirus infection case count

in city rose to 22,585 since the outbreak.

Director general

of family welfare Dr Mithilesh Chaturvedi, who is also director of communicable diseases, was tested after symptoms.

The district surveillance officer for Covid-19 got himself tested after developing fever. The officer also holds charge of additional CMO.

Both officials are in home quarantine while the family welfare directorate was shut down for sanitisation and all employees are being tested.

The DSO said it’s difficult to point out the source of infection, but he had been visiting various hospitals including KGMU, SGPGIMS and Integrated Command and Control Centre where some people have tested positive.

The new cases also included two doctors, four nurses, seven cyber cell cops and a CBI inspector.

ACP Vivek Ranjan Rai said seven cops have tested positive while others in the unit are also being tested.

The CBI office at Nawal Kishore Road was closed for sanitisation after an inspector in the anti-corruption division was found infected.

A doctor and four nurses of RML Institute of Medical Sciences and one doctor of a corporate hospital also tested positive.

Gomtinagar again recorded the highest number of 38 cases among all localities and was followed by Indiranagar with 32, Hazratganj 30, Alambagh 29, Madiaon 28, Chowk 27 and Ashiana and Chinhat 25 each new cases.