Jaipur: 11 more staff of health directorate test Covid-19 positive

JAIPUR: Eleven more medical directorate employees tested positive for Covid on Wednesday taking the tally to 31 in the last three days. Majority of those who tested positive are employed at National Health Mission.
Samples of 200 employees were collected from the health department building, situated close to the secretariat building, on Tuesday, the result of which was out on Wednesday. The health department has taken decision to prevent the spread of the virus in the building. “We have restricted entry of visitors at the health directorate and we are also taking measures to reduce the number of employees coming to office,” said Dr KK Sharma, director (health). Sharma said they were sanitising the entire building too. However, the employees said despite the spike in cases, they are not being provided with soaps in toilets and also no such strict preventive measures were being taken.
They said they carry their own soaps for toilets to wash their hands. They also pointed out that in one room, three to four employees are working which enhances the chance of spread of infection.