Education dept staff member tests positive

NT NETWORK

Panaji

A staff member of the education department at Porvorim tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.

Confirming the news, health secretary Nila Mohanan told a press conference in Panaji that 20-odd throat swab samples of the people working in the same section of the department have been drawn by the health department.

“We are waiting for the results of the tests. Meanwhile, the office was shut and all measures are being taken to sanitise the area,” she said.