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Four policemen and two health workers stationed at the Patradevi check post are reported to have been sent to home quarantine, after they reportedly came in contact with the family of five persons and their driver, who had tested positive for COVID-19.
However, IGP Jaspal Singh has denied reports that police staff has been home quarantined.
According to Pernem Mamlatdar, the family of five and their driver who had tested COVID -19 positive on Wednesday had come to Goa via the Patradevi border check post.
At the time, there were four policemen and two health workers at the check post.
The family and the driver were checked for body temperature and the travel permit.
“All four policemen and the two health workers will be sent to home quarantine,” said Pernem Mamlatdar Ananat Malik, adding that none of the four policemen and two health workers reported to duty at
the Patradevi border check post on Thursday.
As part of a recent agreement by officials from Goa and Maharashtra to avoid long queues of vehicles at the Patradevi border check post, it was decided that vehicles arriving from Goa would be checked by teams in Maharashtra, while vehicles arriving from Maharashtra would be checked by teams from Goa.
Meanwhile, IGP Jaspal Singh denied reports that police staff has been home quarantined after allegedly coming in contact with the family of five persons and their driver, who had tested positive for COVID-19.
“No police staff has been home quarantined as flashed by certain media. Police staff deployed at check posts handle the visitors without making any physical contact and following all guidelines,” IGP Jaspal Singh told Prudent Media.
