Three staffers at SMC headquarters test positive

Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) headquarters in Mughalsarai has come under the grip of coronavirus after three employees of the secretariat branch tested Covid-19 positive on Friday.
The branch office located in the annexe building of the SMC has been shut and all other employees have been placed under home quarantine.
The secretariat branch is the key branch in the SMC handling the documentation work of the civic body’s various departments including offices of civic chief, standing committee, mayor, important committees of the SMC, ruling party office and the office of the opposition party.
Deputy municipal commissioner (health and hospital), Dr Ashish Naik, while confirming the cases told TOI, “We have shut down the secretariat branch after three employees tested Covid-19 positive. The other employees are home quarantined and have been asked to work from home.”
“The disinfection work of the entire branch office has been undertaken, while close contacts of the infected employees are being traced,” added Dr Naik.