Pune: No infection found in 48 cops after 10 turn Covid-19 positive

PUNE: Forty eight personnel of a police station in the city tested negative for Covid-19 on Monday, days after 10 of their colleagues tested positive for the contagion and were referred to various facilities for treatment.
Besides, another 18 police personnel have been placed under institutional quarantine. “The reports of 48 other personnel, whose swabs were earlier sent for tests, came negative on Monday,” a senior officer from the police station said.
DCP Pournima Gaikwad told TOI, “Those on duty have so far shown no symptoms, whatsoever, of Covid-19. We collected and sent their swab samples for testing as a precautionary step”
Another officer from the police station said 10 personnel testing positive for the contagion, include three police officers. “Immediate family members of two of these officers too have been tested positive,” he said
One of the 48 personnel testing negative said his swab samples were collected on Friday, along with his other colleagues. “Till Monday morning, I did not know the results. I was under stress for three days. Thankfully, all of us came negative on Monday,” he said.
His colleague said one of the 10 positive personnel was discharged from the hospital after four days of treatment.
“There are over five containment zones in our jurisdiction. We have been asked to keep detailed record of people coming in and out of the containment zones. Moreover, we have also been asked to take action against the people flouting social distancing norms,” he said.