2 LIT employees test positive, office closed for Wednesday

Ludhiana: After a few employees reported about fever and cough in Ludhiana Improvement Trust office, the officials had asked for testing of the employees. The LIT authorities requested the civil surgeon office for testing of employees so that they could be sure that they all were fine. On Tuesday, samples were collected of the employees. The LIT chairman Raman Balasubramanium shared that office of LIT will remain close on Wednesday as two employees were tested positive so they have to sanitise the office premises precautionary.
The health officials checked samples of 76 employees, out of which reports of 28 would come in the next two-three days and rest of 48 samples were taken through rapid test. The health officials claimed that two employees tested positive in rapid test. Swinging into immediate action the department sent those employees home for quarantine.
The executive engineer of LIT, Boota Ram, said, "We got the tests done as a precaution because some of the employees were complaining about bad health. We requested the civil surgeon office for the tests. A team came on Tuesday and samples were collected.” He said two employees had tested positive and they were sent home for quarantine.