Aviation Ministry official tests positive for coronavirus, govt assures all help

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Aviation Ministry official tests positive for coronavirus, govt assures all help
Aviation Ministry official tests positive for coronavirus, govt assures all help

New Delhi : A civil aviation ministry employee has been tested positive for the coronavirus, the ministry said on Wednesday. Government officials said Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, the headquarters of the aviation ministry, is being sealed for now.

All the staffers who had come in contact with him have been asked to go into self-quarantine, they will be tested for the COVID-19 infection.

The ministry, in a tweet, stated that the employee tested positive for COVID-19 on April 21 and had attended the office on April 15. 

"An employee of the ministry who had attended office on 15 April 2020 has tested positive for COVID19 on 21st April. All necessary protocols are being stringently followed on the Premises. All colleagues who came in contact are being asked to go into self-isolation as a precaution," the ministry tweeted out.

Minister of Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri, said the ministry stands by its employee who has tested positive for COVID-19 and assured all possible support.  

"We stand by our colleague at @MoCA_GoI who has tested positive for COVID19 & have extended all possible medical help & support. Those in contact have also been asked to follow the laid down procedures. I wish him strength & speedy recovery," Puri tweeted out.

The new case comes a day after a housekeeper of Lok Sabha tested positive for the coronavirus.