Over 100 families in Rashtrapati Bhavan qurantined

Over 100 families residing at the President's Estate are under self-isolation as a preventive measure after a sanitation worker's relative tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Tuesday.

The relative of the sanitation worker, who is a resident of the estate that houses Rashtrapati Bhavan, has been admitted to a hospital here for treatment, they said.

Following this, 100 families in staff quarters of the Presidential complex have been sent into self-isolation.

According to India TV report, the mother-in-law of the house cleaning staff had succumbed to COVID-19 earlier and the individual not only visited the woman where she was admitted, he also attended her funeral.

About fifty people, who came in direct contact with the individual, were tested negative for the infection.

However, it has been reported that there was not direct contact with the President or his family.

Source: Agencies 

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