The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has reactivated the Covid Monitoring Cell to track the daily situation reports of the pandemic in its ranks at its headquarters here "in view of the sudden rise in Covid-19 (Omicron) variant at the pan India level.”
The Cell was deactivated on November 18 amid declining case count in its rank. All the formations have been asked to send daily situation reports of Covid cases to the Cell till further orders. The CRPF has only 44 active cases in its ranks at present, according to the directive circulated on Friday, officials said quoting from the circular sent across all the CRPF establishments across the country.
“The directive has been sent to all the formations of the CRPF across the country asking them to update the Covid Monitoring Cell with the case counts on a daily basis so as to keep close tabs on any possible surge of the deadly viral disease in the paramilitary ranks,” an official said.
The Cell was reactivated within just five weeks of the closure of the Covid monitoring mechanism at the CRPF directorate here on November 18.
As on Friday, a total of 127 paramilitary forces’ personnel were active cases of Covid-19, including eight men who contracted the disease during the last 24 hours.
While a maximum of 44 Covid patients are in the CRPF ranks, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has 36 cases followed by 32 in the Border Security Force (BSF), six in Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), five in Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and two each in National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the National Security Guard (NSG).
Till Friday, the cumulative number of Covid cases in the paramilitary ranks stood at 88,584 out of which 88, 109 patients have recovered and 348 personnel have succumbed to the disease besides 127 patients continue to be actively infected with the contagious viral infection.