Employee working in medical education wing of DGHS tests COVID-19 positive
May 20, 2020, 15:49 IST
New Delhi, May 20 () A data entry operator working in the medical education division at the Directorate General of Health Services in the Union Health Ministry tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Contact tracing has been initiated so that all those who have come in contact with him can be advised quarantine.
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The entire third floor, where Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan's office is located, will be sanitised as per the protocol, a source said.
The employee was tested for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
He attended office on Wednesday. While he was in office, he received a call from the RML Hospital that he has tested positive for coronavirus, the source added. PLB TDS TDS(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)