Kolkata/IBNS: Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Kolkata on Monday said that one of its drivers, who reportedly drove of escort jeep of MHA's Intern-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT)'s convoy weeks ago, has tested positive for novel coronavirus.
According to officials, the driver was removed from his duty and quarantined on Mar 30 after he had reported fever.
Later his swab sample was sent for test and it was found positive for Covid-19 on Sunday.
The BSF driver has been admitted to the isolation ward of a Kolkata hospital.
A senior official of BSF said that the driver did not come in contact with any member of the Central team.
"Our contact tracing is on and all who recently came in contact with him will be quarantined," the BSF official said.
In last two weeks, the IMCT convoy visited multiple quarantine facilities, Covid hospitals and containment zones in four of ten red zone districts of West Bengal, Kolkata, Howrah, North 24 Parganas and East Medinipur, and none of the team was provided PPE or any other protective equipment by the state government.
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