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209 cops test corona +ve at training centres

Lucknow: As many as 209 police personnel tested positive for Covid-19 at UP Police training centres in a span of two days in random sampling. While 92 police personnel tested positive for novel coronavirus at Arms Training Centre (ATC) in Sitapur, 117 cops pursuing courses of head constabulary were tested positive at Police Training College (PTC) in Moradabad.



Health teams in both districts have been deployed on the premises on the instructions of district administrations.

In Sitapur, chief medical officer Alok Verma told TOI, “We had tested 400 personnel including the office staff at the centre. Of this, 92 came positive based on antigen testing.” He added that testing was still going on while an L1 hospital with a capacity of 1,500 has been set up for personnel. “None of the personnel who worked in the office have tested positive till now but those who had joined duty from other districts are among the infected,” he added.

All those who have tested positive have been quarantined on the campus.

At Moradabad PTC, DIG Sheo Shankar Singh told TOI that 115 personnel had tested positive through antigen tests and two through RTPCR testing. Singh added that most cops who had tested positive had joined the college on July 15 from various districts.

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