Defence Ministry assessments constructive for COVID-19

India’s Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar examined constructive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, following which the Defence ministry carried out an enormous contact-tracing train, official sources mentioned.

Kumar’s situation is secure and he’s presently underneath home-quarantine Defence ministry, they mentioned. At the least 35 officers working on the ministry’s headquarters in South Block within the Raisina Hills have been despatched on house quarantine after studies of Kumar testing constructive for the an infection emerged on Wednesday morning.

There was no official touch upon Kumar’s well being situation. The defence ministry spokesperson refused to touch upon the problem. It’s learnt that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh didn’t attend workplace as a part of a precautionary measure.

The places of work of the defence minister, the defence secretary, the Military Chief and the Navy Chief are on the primary flooring of the South Block. The sources mentioned all laid down protocols on contact-tracing and quarantining of individuals are being scrupulously adopted.