Bihar: Bhagalpur postal officer tests Covid-19 positive

BHAGALPUR: The head post office (HPO) at Bhagalpur was closed on Tuesday after one of its senior officers tested positive for novel coronavirus on Monday.
The officer had inspected the HPO and scrutinized its papers along with other officers and staff last week. His residence is at Postal Colony. He was admitted to AIIMS-Patna.
Bhagalpur postal superintendent Ram Parikhsa Prasad said the HPO and its premises were being sanitized.“I and other officers and workers would undergo Covid-19 test as a precautionary measure,” he said.
“We will resume work on rotation after satisfactory sanitization work in the office and on the premises. We are also making inquiry about the situation at the Postal Colony,” he added.
People in large numbers had been visiting the HPO for more than a month to open PM Jan Dhan Yojana, Sukanya Samridhi Yojana and India Post Payments Bank accounts in view of taking benefits of the government welfare schemes.