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Metropolitan Cops Circle, Kalimati, along with 5 police units and sectors under it, have been sealed, while 200 security personnel have been quarantined at MPC, after two cops tested positive for COVID-19 the other day. Police authorities revealed that two of the 5 people who evaluated positive for the virus yesterday were cops workers, who had been dealing with the front-line to execute the nationwide lockdown. Superintendent of Cops Somendra Singh Rathore at Metropolitan Cops Variety, Kathmandu, said the MPC Circle, which likewise houses Metropolitan Traffic Authorities Sector and Women Cell, had actually been sealed with the conftrmation of COVID-19 amongst security workers. Metropolitan police sectors in Balkhu, Kalanki and Syuchatar, which fall under the jurisdiction of the MPC, have likewise been sealed, as the infected person had actually recently taken a trip to and resided in those locations. All 200 cops workers of these units have actually been quarantined in the building of MPC. Rathore said all the 200 workers would go through PCR test by tomorrow and would remain in quarantine center for at least 21 days even if they tested negative. The contaminated police officers utilized to stay in the barracks operated by the MPC, have meals in typical mess hall and share spaces, restrooms, utensils and other objects. A variation of this article appears in e-paper on May 21, 2020, of The Himalayan Times. The post Over 200 cops quarantined in Kalimati appeared first on The Himalayan Times.
