Ghaziabad: Around 50 Ghaziabad administration officers together with the chief medical officer and the police head examined constructive for COVID-19 Monday, a day after District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey was discovered contaminated with the virus, officers mentioned.
Ghaziabad, adjoining Delhi, is among the many districts worst hit by the pandemic in Uttar Pradesh.
District Malaria Officer Gyanendra Mishra informed PTI that among the many officers who examined constructive for the virus on Monday embody docs and medical employees too.
The contaminated officers have remoted themselves at their properties, Mishra mentioned.
He mentioned that CMO NK Gupta was working with the District Magistrate Pandey as his staff member on controlling the unfold of coronavirus circumstances in Ghaziabad.
In Gupta’s absence, Additional Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sunil Tyagi could be officiating because the CMO, Mishra mentioned.
Samples of different officers who got here in touch with Pandey would even be collected and examined, he mentioned.
