Jamshedpur: The District administration on Thursday sealed Fortune Park Center Point hotel in Jamshedpur after 11 foreigners and one hotel staff tested positive for Covid-19.
Additional chief medical officer (ACMO) Sahir Pall said that the foreigners were employees of Mill Track International company. While tracing their contacts, the district health department conducted tests on 29 staff members of the hotel and one employee was found to be positive, he said.
“The administration has, therefore, sealed the hotel for carrying out containment measures to prevent the spread of the disease,” he said.
Notably, 46 foreign nationals of Mill Track International company had arrived in Jamshedpur between December 5 and December 8. They hail from Philippines, New Zealand, Ghana, Zambia and South Africa. The Mill Track International is implementing a project at the pellet plant of Tata Steel, sources in the district administration said. “During a routine test of the foreign nationals, 11 were found infected,” the ACMO said.
The East Singhbhum administration had put six UK returnees in home isolation on December 26, as a precautionary measure even though they tested negative for Covid-19. The six, including a woman, are residents of Rahargora (Pursudih), Mango, Sonari, Bistupur and Agrico.