With four more staff of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) tested positive on Saturday, the total number of staff in the civic body diagnosed with Coronavirus reached to 13 till now.
A senior NDMC official said that one accounts of NDMC headquarter Palika Kendra and one beldar working in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Place (Gole Market) tested positive.
Incidentally, the civic body had sealed the entire building on Thursday after six COVID-19 positive cases reported in a single day.
The official said that civil engineering department (building maintenance division) and public health department are carrying out an extensive disinfection drive in Palika Kendra and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Place offices. This disinfection drive will continued carry out for three times a day for next two days,” he said.
The Covid-19 cell of NDMC is being intimated the district authority to carry out the contact tracing as per standard operating procedure ( SOP ) for the staff of Palika Kendra and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Place .
It is also directed to all people who were in close contact with affected person or employees to observe home quarantine procedure and report to district authority in case they become symptomatic.
