The two senior officials of Gautam Budh Nagar, including the SDM and Chief Medical Officer has tested positive for covid19, in the past 24 hours, authorities said on Saturday.
Deepak Ohri, Chief Medical Officer of Gautam Buddh Nagar tested positive for COVID-19 late on July 4, officials said. In his absence, additional CMO Nepal Singh will officiate. According to Health department officials, Dr. Ohri showed influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms after his visit to various containment zones including JJ Cluster colony during the week.
Dr .Ohri is one of the two senior officials of the district to test positive on July 4 when the district reported 83 fresh cases and five deaths.
Meanwhile, Sub-divisional magistrate (Sadar) Prasoon Dwivedi and his wife also tested positive on July 4. Gautam Buddh Nagar has three SDMs, out of which two have tested positive in the last ten days.
Earlier, Gunja Singh, SDM (Jewar) and her husband Shailendra Kumar Singh, ADM (City), Ghaziabad, tested positive for COVID 19 on June 28.
“The officials are in isolation and are doing fine. Their office premises have been sanitised and the people who have come in their contact are being tested,” said District Magistrate Suhas L.Y.
