At least two people working at India’s foreign ministry have tested positive for COVID-19 and the government has asked several officials to self-quarantine as a precaution, according to a source and internal e-mails seen by Reuters by AdityaKalra
NEW DELHI - At least two people working at India’s Foreign Affairs Ministry have tested positive for COVID-19, and the government has asked several officials to self quarantine as a precaution, according to a source and internal e-mails seen by Reuters.
One person who tested positive worked as a consultant in the ministry’s Central Europe division in New Delhi, while the other worked as a legal officer in the law division, the e-mails stated. In a separate email on Friday, all officials who came into direct contact with the legal officer, who tested positive for the new coronavirus, were also asked to self-quarantine.It was not immediately clear how many officials have been asked to self quarantine.
It has ordered sanitisation of rooms occupied by the Central Europe and legal division and those nearby, the source with knowledge of the matter said.
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