A mineral water manufacturing unit at Dhaula Kuan in Paonta Sahib subdivision of Sirmaur district was closed last evening after 60 of its workers tested positive for Covid. - File photo
Solan, May 15
A mineral water manufacturing unit at Dhaula Kuan in Paonta Sahib subdivision of Sirmaur district was closed last evening after 60 of its workers tested positive for Covid.
The Paonta Sahib SDM along with the Tehsildar and the Block Medical Officer visited the factory. Sixty workers were found infected with the virus in subsequent testing, said Tehsildar Ved Agnihotri.
“The unit management, on the directions of the local administration, created an isolation facility at a private hotel to house infected employees. The unit has been directed to close its operations,” added Agnihotri.
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