City

Two Engineers Of Bhubaneswar Civic Body, One Driver Test COVID-19 Positive

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: The engineering section of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) was sealed for seven days and all staff asked to undergo home quarantine after three employees tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday

Among the infected are two engineers and a driver.

Informing the media, BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary said an executive engineer, an assistant engineer and the driver had recently gone on leave to attend a wedding in Sambalpur. They underwent COVID-19 test after returning to Bhubaneswar.

Stating that some staff might have come in contact with the two engineers as they had attended a meeting at the BMC office after returning from Sambalpur, Chaudhary said that the engineering section has been sealed for a week and is being completely sanitized.

“The BMC staff, who had come in contact with these two engineers, have been asked to undergo home quarantine,” he said

The three employees have been shifted to COVID hospital and contact tracing is underway, he added.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Two Sisters Consume Poison In Odisha’s Boudh, One Dead

Bhubaneswar: A woman died while her younger sister is battling for life after an alleged…

November 22, 2024

Achyuta Samanta Conferred Lifetime Achievement Award At 43rd World Congress Of Poets

Madurai: Founder of KIIT, KISS, and KIMS, Achyuta Samanta has been honoured with Lifetime Achievement…

November 22, 2024

3 Bikers Die, One Critical After Being Run Over By Truck In Odisha’s Koraput

Koraput: Three persons died while one was seriously injured after a truck rammed into a…

November 22, 2024

Waqf Bill, 14 Others Listed For Winter Session Of Parliament

New Delhi: The BJP-led NDA government will introduce 15 bills, including one to amend the…

November 21, 2024

Newborn Sold In Odisha’s Balangir Traced To Raipur Hospital In Chhattisgarh

Bhubaneswar: A newborn baby, who was allegedly sold by her parents in Odisha's Balangir district,…

November 21, 2024

Two More Exit Polls Predict A Mahayuti Win In Maharashtra Elections; Check Here

Mumbai: Exit polls have given Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance an edge in the neck-to-neck…

November 21, 2024

Orissa HC Issues Interim Stay On Demolition Of Baikuntha Dham Ashram In Bhubaneswar

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has put the BDA's order for demolition of controversial Shree…

November 21, 2024

Sunita Williams Feasts On Pizza, Roast Chicken & Shrimp Cocktails But Little Fresh Food Left

New York: Amid reports of deteriorating health of astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, it…

November 21, 2024