New Delhi: The family members of at least 125 houses in the Rashtrapati Bhavan premises have been asked to isolate themselves after a staffer's relative tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) that has claimed over 550 lives in India so far.

"A week ago, a sanitation worker's daughter-in-law's mother died of Covid-19, following which the family went into self-isolation. However, after the daughter-in-law was tested positive, 125 families were asked to remain in isolation," a source told News18.

The woman has been sent to the quarantine centre in the nearby Birla Mandir complex, a report in IANS stated.

The people in the house where the corona-positive person was found, along with the families living in around 25 houses have also been asked to isolate themselves as a precautionary measure. All of them have been instructed to follow social distancing norms strictly, sources said.

With IANS inputs

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