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NEW DELHI: As many as 122 personnel of CRPF’s 31st battalion based at Mayur Vihar have tested positive for Covid-19 so far. The swabs of all personnel based at the battalion’s Mayur Vihar facility were subjected to testing following the death of a sub-inspector and 46 other personnel having tested positive.
The primary source of the infection within the battalion is suspected to be a nursing attendant who had joined duty on April 7 after leave and was advised only a five-day quarantine — as against the 14-day period advised by health ministry — by Director (Medical) of CRPF. Though his quarantine was extended by 5 more days, CRPF suspects it was not enforced strictly, which may have led to the infected nursing staff com