40 CRPF Officials To Be Home Quarantined, Delhi HQ Sealed After Staff Tests Positive

The development came after a personal staff (driver) of a senior officer tested positive for novel coronavirus, officials said on Sunday.

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New Delhi: A CRPF staff tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday morning, prompting the administration of the Central Police Reserve Force to seal its headquarters in Delhi for sanitization as a precautionary measure, and send at last 40 of its officials to home quarantine. The development came after a personal staff (driver) of a senior officer tested positive for novel coronavirus, officials said on Sunday. Officials working in the building will not be allowed inside the premises from Sunday, they said. The force has informed the district surveillance officer for "initiating required protocols" as per medical guidelines, for time-bound proper sealing of the building located in the CGO complex on Lodhi Road. They said a contact tracing exercise has begun of all the personnel who came in contact with the staffer at the headquarter building. The CRPF is the country's largest paramilitary force. Watch: