Back from red zones, 3 senior Mahendragarh varsity officials among 5 quarantined

Ravinder Saini

Tribune News Service

Mahendragarh, April 25

Five employees, including three senior functionaries, and the daughter of another employee of Central University of Haryana (CUH) here were quarantined at their official residences on the campus on Friday.

All the persons returned to the university from their home towns in different districts of Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan over the past couple of days. All the districts fall under Covid red zone.

Sources claimed the senior functionaries met other officials of the university and also attended meetings as well after their return. A team of district health authorities reached the university on Friday afternoon on getting information about their arrival.

“The team, led by Dr Sandeep, initially conducted a check-up on the officials and the girl. No Covid like symptoms were found in any of them. Thereafter, the team asked them to quarantine at home for next 14 days. The officials were also advised not to step out of their houses during the quarantine period,” said the sources.

Mahendragarh is one of three districts in the state having no Covid postive case so far.

One of the senior functionaries told The Tribune that he along with another official came to the university on April 20 from their home following the directives by Vice Chancellor for resuming work from office. He issued the directives while referring to an order of the HRD Ministry.

Dr Ashok Kumar, Civil Surgeon, said, “As per guidelines, all persons who travel to Mahendragarh from other districts are supposed to inform the authorities about their health status. The 14-day home quarantine norm has to be followed.”

Vice Chancellor Prof RC Kuhad said all the officials were asked to work from their official home in the university following the directives of the MHRD.

“They were asked to stay quarantined at home immediately after they came to the campus. Ever since, they are working from home,” he claimed.