Authorities Assure All Precautionary Measures Followed After 21 Cops Test Covid-19 Positive in J&K's Kulgam

Recently, 21 police officers were reported to be positive for the novel coronavirus. The authorities have released a statement assuring that required precautionary measures have been followed to contain the spread.

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Kulgam: 21 cops had recently been declared Covid-19 positive in Jammu & Kashmir's Kulgam. They have been in isolation from March 18 in a compound separated from DPL Kulgam by 3 kilometres. The officials were all part of a special pool of 60 personnel created as a reserve exclusively for Covid-19 duties at Quarantine and isolation centers, for handling Covid-19 patients and potential carriers and for acting as substitutes for police stations in case of coronavirus breakout in a particular unit. Samples of these officials have been taken from time to time as a precautionary measure. When one such sample turned positive four days ago, health authorities were requested to take samples of all the officials present in the reserve. In a press release on Thursday, the police authorities assured that there is no need to panic as all the officials have been in isolation. The official statement further added that they were never put on public interface duties such as nakas, police stations, etc. All necessary steps to contain the spread have been taken. WATCH | UP: COVID-19 cases surge past 5 thousand