PATNA: A day after a 2008-batch
IAS officer died of Covid-19, state’s social welfare minister Madan Sahni and two senior IAS officers – home department’s additional chief secretary
Chaitanya Prasad and the finance department’s principal secretary S Siddharth - were tested positive on Wednesday.
“While Chaitanya Prasad has been admitted at the AIIMS-Patna, Siddharth has gone in isolation at his official residence in the state capital after the two officers tested positive for covid-19,” health department’s principal secretary Pratyay Amrit told TOI on Wednesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, a 2008-batch IAS officer Vijay Ranjan who was posted as director in the
Panchayati Raj Department, died of covid-19 in the state capital here.
State’s social welfare minister Madan Sahni too has gone in home quarantine at his official residence in the state capital after he was tested positive on Wednesday.
“Sahni had gone to Baidyanath Dham at Deoghar in Jharkhand a few days ago. After returning from Babadham, he was suffering from fever. During the test, he was found covid-19 positive. Doctor has advised him to remain in home quarantine till he is fully recovered,” a close aide of Sahni told TOI over phone on Wednesday.
Amrit also said the health department’s additional secretary Ravi Shankar Choudhary too has been tested positive and he has been admitted at the AIIMS-Patna.