Even as Covid-19 cases continued to surge in the city, many police personnel are also testing positive. On Saturday, a woman Constable of the Capital police station in the city tested positive.
Later, the police station was sanitised and the other staffs, who had come in contact with the infected Constable, were asked to remain in quarantine.
“In fact, the woman Constable was in quarantine for a period of 15 days after she developed flu like symptoms. Her swab was collected and the test result came positive yesterday, said ACP Manas Ranjan Garnaik.
Reacting to the statements that the police station has been sealed, he said, “As she was in quarantine, there is no truth in the rumour doing the rounds that the police station would be sealed. The complainants can visit the police station without any fear and there would be no interruption in the routine functioning, the ACP said.
Notably, earlier staffs of the Chandrasekharpur, Chandaka and Mancheswar police stations have tested positive for the virus.