Two test positive, Delhi's Ghazipur mandi shut for 2 days

NEW DELHI: Following two positive cases of Covid-19, Delhi government on Thursday closed down the Ghazipur fruits and vegetable auction yard for two days to get the mandi premises sanitised.
According to officials, two senior officers of Ghazipur Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) were infected by the novel coronavirus.
While several Covid-positive cases had been reported from Azadpur auction yard, Asia’s biggest fruits and vegetable wholesale market, this was the first time that a case has emerged at Ghazipur.
“The APMC office had been sealed and those who worked in close contact with the two officers were quarantined,” Ghazipur APMC chairman SP Gupta said. He added that the traders and retailers had been informed well in advance to ensure people did not queue up at the mandi on Thursday and Friday.
Gupta said the district surveillance team had already started contact tracing of the two persons infected by the virus, while samples of all 11 staff members who worked at Ghazipur APMC would be collected on Friday.
The Ghazipur vegetable and fruit mandi caters to the needs of east Delhi, Ghaziabad and Noida residents. There are about 450 shops in Ghazipur mandi and more than 2,500 people work there.