33 Trainee IAS Officers Test COVID-19 Positive In Mussoorie’s Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy

Mussoorie: Thirty-three officers training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) here have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 428 officers training under the 95th foundation course on the campus that started on October 13, Hindustan Times (HT) reported.

“33 Officer Trainees have tested Covid positive at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. A total of 428 Officer Trainees are on campus for the 95th Foundation Course. Academy is taking every measure to break the chain of Covid-19 spread in consonance,” LBSNAA tweeted. “…with guidelines of Government. Food and other necessities are being delivered to the Officer Trainees in their hostels by staff who have been equipped adequately in protective gear,” authorities at the academy were quoted as saying by HT.

Measures being taken

The academy was sealed for two days on Saturday after the officers were found COVID-19 positive, news agency ANI reported. The infected officers have been quarantined and 150 people have been examined. The remaining staff was also investigated. “A team from the health department has been sent to the academy campus from Dehradun. Medicines and other essentials have also been sent,” Dr Ashish Srivastav, Dehradun’s district magistrate, was quoted as saying by ANI.

All the officers who are taking part in the four-month-long foundation course are new joinees in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and cadets of various other central government services.

Uttarakhand’s COVID tally

There are 4,674 active COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand, 64,393 people have recovered so far and 1,138 have succumbed, bringing the total to 70,205, according to data published by the Uttarakhand government.