RPF constable deputed on Shramik special duty tests corona positive in Agra

AGRA: A 51-year-old RPF constable posted at Agra Fort station to facilitate the movement of migrant workers in Shramik Special trains tested positive for Covid-19.
The infected constable has been shifted to SNMC isolation facility, while his eight colleagues have been quarantined.
Senior commandant RPF Agra division, Prakash Kumar Panda, said, “The constable was found ill with fever on Monday, after which his sample was collected. On Tuesday, his sample was tested positive. I had a video call with the patient, his temperature was 99 degree, but he is responding well and will recover.”
“Meanwhile, all people who were in close touch with the patient have been quarantined, especially the cops of RPF barrack, where the corona patient was putting up after duty,” said senior commandant.
He added, “Till now we don’t know from where the cop got infected, as he along with other RPF cops have not left railway station duty for last two months. Possibly he caught infection while deputed for Shramik special duty for migrant workers.”
According to police sources, till second week of May 48 cops of Uttar Pradesh police were tested positive, out of which two cops succumbed in Agra.