43 SRP personnel, kin test positive in Narmada in a week

Vadodara: As many as 43 Covid-19 positive cases have surfaced in the state reserve police (SRP) camp at Kevadia in Narmada district with 10 more found infected on Thursday.
All the cases reported were from residential colony of the camp. District health officials said family members of the SRP jawans got infected as they came in touch with the cops some days ago.
On Wednesday, nine SRP personnel of the Narmada battalion that guards the Sardar Sarovar Dam were reported positive. These personnel were part of the group that was deployed in Surat during the lockdown.
“The SRP group of 84 personnel returned from Surat to Narmada on June 7 and many of them began developing Covid-19 symptoms by June 15. We immediately began their screening and tests,” said Dr Rajendra Singh Kashyap, district epidemic medical officer.
All 84 SRP men and their families were quarantined and tested.
“Till date, there are 79 positive cases in Narmada of which 43 are of SRP men and their families,” Kashyap told TOI. A a 24-year-old man from Tilakwada also tested positive.
Out of the 10 of the Covid-19 positive cases reported on Thursday, two are children.