Five employees of the Union health ministry, including a director, an under-secretary have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last seven days, prompting the authorities to carry out a "major and comprehensive disinfection and sanitisation" of office premises from June 6-7.
Besides two officers and a doctor, two employees who have contracted the disease are from the Centre for Health Informatics under the Health Ministry. They frequented the Nirman Bhawan building, sources said.
"Those who had come in contact with these Covid-19 infected officials have been advised to quarantine themselves. Further contract tracing is on," a source said, adding a

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