Eighty five new cases of Covid-19 positive patients were reported in the BSF ranks on Wednesday, taking the total number of infected persons in the border guarding paramilitary to 152.
The CRPF has already reported 138 cases and the ITBP has 45 positive cases, taking the number of corona virus-hit personnel in the paramilitary ranks to nearly 400 taking into account the viral infection from the SSB and the CISF.
The BSF had earlier sealed two floors of the headquarters building at the CGO Complex in Delhi after detection of a positive case on Friday. After following all disinfection protocols, the BSF headquarters went functional on Wednesday.
“While performing operational and essential duties, 85 more BSF personnel have been infected with Covid-19. It is reiterated that in each establishment of the BSF, all SOPs are strictly being followed. Instructions are enforced and religiously followed to check the spread of the pandemic,” a BSF spokesperson said.
Earlier a total of 69 BSF personnel were tested Covid-19 positive out of which two have recovered and 67 were undergoing treatment. While 110 BSF personnel contracted the disease in the national Capital while assisting the Delhi Police in deployment at Jama Masjid/Chandni Mahal area and the remaining are mostly from Tripura.
Scores of other personnel who were traced to be in contact with the infected persons have been quarantined at different facilities.
Most of the Covid-19 positive cases in the CRPF were reported from the 31 Battalion located at the paramilitary’s campus at Mayur Vihar. While the positive cases are undergoing treatment at various facilities in the national Capital, those traced to be in contact have been quarantined.
Likewise, the ITBP had on Tuesday reported that 45 personnel in its ranks were tested to be Covid-19 positive. As many as 43 personnel from the ITBP’s Tigri Camp here were corona virus positive and about 170 personnel were quarantined. Two other personnel detected to be corona virus positive were deployed with a company engaged in law and order duty in the national Capital along with Delhi Police.
Both these patients have been undergoing treatment at AIIMS, Jhajjar, Haryana.
