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NITI Aayog Office Building Sealed After Employee Tests Positive For Covid-19

Swarajya StaffApr 28, 2020, 12:42 PM | Updated 12:42 PM IST

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NITI Bhavan the office building of government think-tank NITI Aayog has been sealed by health authorities after one of the office staffers was detected as Covid-19 positive.

“An employee working at NITI Bhavan has been detected positive with COVID-19. It was informed to the authorities at 9 am this morning. NITI Aayog is following all the due protocols necessary as per the Ministry of Health guidelines. The building has been sealed”, NITI Aayog wrote in a tweet.

The authorities were alerted by NITI Aayog officials of the infection at 9 AM and all mandatory protocols subsequently kicked in.

The sanitation and disinfection of the building is now underway and the contacts of the Covid-19 positive patient have been asked to go home and self-quarantine.

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