Jaipur: 4 employees of Raj Bhavan test Covid positive

JAIPUR: After staff at chief minister’s office (CMO) and chief minister’s residence (CMR) tested positive for Covid-19, four employees in the Raj Bhawan have been infected with the virus.
Governor Kalraj Mishra has stopped meeting visitors following the development.
Mishra is now in touch with people only through phone and video calls. Visitors are not allowed, said a Raj Bhawan source.
Similarly, the assembly secretariat had also closed for visitors after some employees tested positive. The three-day assembly session from August 24 seems to have acted as the trigger. After the assembly session, several MLAs had also tested positive for the virus.
The tourism department and RTDC offices at Khasa Kothi were closed after a number of employees tested positive. Sources said the department has asked its employees to work from home after about two dozen cases emerged.
The secretariat is also not allowing visitors. Visitors are allowed only if the officer concerned gives his consent on prior appointments.
The state which has been managing the virus well have seen spurt in cases after it relaxed restrictions and people became callous in following the protocol.
Under Rajasthan Epidemic Act for prevention of corona infection in the state, more than 5.84 lakh people have been fined and a fine of more than Rs 8.68 crore has been collected from 2.30 lakh for not wearing masks in public places. About 3.37 lakh people have been fined for not keeping social distance, while 12,236 for selling goods without wearing masks.
About 8.81 lakh vehicles fined under Motor Vehicle Act till August 30.
Director general of police Bhupendra Singh had urged the public to follow the guidelines issued by the department of medical and health like wearing masks, keeping social distancing and taking special precautions to wash hands.