Police Lines barracks to be sanitised daily

Amit Sharma

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 12

With a woman constable of the UT police testing positive for coronavirus, it has set alarm bells ringing for the police, who are among the frontline warriors fighting against Covid-19. The police said the barracks in which the constable was staying on the Police Lines campus in Sector 26 was sanitised today and it had been decided to sanitise all barracks on a daily basis.

The woman constable, who tested positive, was on duty at the grain market in Sector 26 along with staff of the UT Administration.

SP (Headquarters) Manoj Kumar Meena said although the sanitisation of the barracks was conducted frequently, after the positive case from one of the barracks, the sanitisation of all barracks and washrooms would be conducted everyday. The SP said the barracks had a capacity to accommodate 16 persons. However, to maintain social distancing, only eight were at present staying in the baracks.

Besides seven woman constables, the Covid patient was also in contact with five others, who have been identified.

“All 12 contacts have been sent for sampling at the GMSH and they would be quarantined at the hospital till their reports are recieved,” the SP said. The police said regular instructions were passed to the staff to ensure personal hygiene and wear masks and gloves.

Police personnel are actively involved in the distribution of ration and food in colonies, ensuring social distancing in markets, besides regular law and order duties, which makes them vulnerable to the virus.