For the first time in the State, a personnel of the Commissionerate police on Tuesday tested positive for Coronavirus in Bhubaneswar.
The information was shared by the official twitter handle of the Commissionerate police.
On return from leave, the policeman had been subjected to precautionary testing and was then found to be corornavirus positive. The 36-year-old cop was completely asymptomatic. He was admitted to a Covid Hospital.
The tweet further added that he had come in contact with migrant labourers from outside the State. Sources said tracing of his contacts is on by the Government agencies.
Doctors at the four police hospitals in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar are monitoring the health condition of all police personnel closely and following the established protocols. Everyone should work together to defeat the virus, added Commissioner of Police Sudhanshu Sarangi in a tweet.