Top PIB officer tests positive, admitted to AIIMS
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 8
Principal spokesperson of the government KS Dhatwalia was on Sunday night admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi, after testing positive for Covid-19.
Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB) Dhatwalia, who had been attending regular government briefings had been at work until yesterday.
The National Media Centre, where the briefings have been taking place, was be closed for sanitisation today.
The news of Dhatwalia testing positive comes just three days after three Health Ministry officers tested positive leading to weekend disinfection of Nirman Bhavan, the ministry office complex.
Top Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday shared the dais with Dhatwalia for a Cabinet briefing and may need to self-quarantine after Dhatwalia tested positive.
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