11 forest staffers asked to go for Covid-19 test

Nagpur: After a woman peon working in the production and management section of the forest department at Van Bhavan tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, 11 employees including a top IFS officer of the rank of PCCF and another a deputy conservator of forests (DyCF) have been asked to go in for tests.
According to officials, who did not want to be quoted, the peon working on a contractual basis was not attending office from July 20. “As a matter of precaution we have asked 11 employees to go for Covid-19 tests,” they said.
Earlier, on July 13, an accountant working in Van Bhavan, the state forest department’s headquarters, had died due to Covid-19. An employee, who came in contact with him also tested positive, but three others who were in touch with this employee tested negative.