COVID-19 positive employee of Rashtrapati Bhavan had indirect link to an infected patient

April 21, 2020

The Rashtrapati Bhavan employee who was tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday had an indirect link with a COVID-19 patient. "A COVID-19 positive patient from Central Delhi, who was neither an employee of the President's Secretariat nor a resident of the President's Estate, had expired on April 13 with co-morbidities at BL Kapoor Hospital, New Delhi," said a statement released from Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The statement further said, "After contact tracing of the deceased, it was found that a family member of an employee of the President's Secretariat had been in contact with the deceased."

After the employee of the President's Secretariat was confirmed COVID-19 positive, as many as 125 families have been advised to remain in self-isolation. -- ANI