Even as Covid-19 cases are rising in the capital city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) sealed the main branch of State Bank of India (SBI) in the city for 48 hours as seven of its employees tested positive on Sunday.The news has triggered sensation as the SBI main branch in Unit-1 caters to the demands of thousands of its accountholders in the city.
BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary said, “Seven employees have been tested positive in the first phase of the testing. So, we are sealing the branch for two days for necessary sanitisation and contact tracing of the patients.”
“Many other employees of the same branch have undergone tests in the second phase of testing, the result of which is awaited,” said Chaudhary.
In a related development, two passengers tested positive from the Bhubaneswar railway station on Sunday for the first time after the spike in coronavirus cases in the State.The patients were admitted to a Covid hospital and the BMC has begun conducting their contact tracing.