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B'luru police Commissioner isolates self after driver tests Covid positive

Rao said he would get himself tested on Monday, which will be his fifth test in the past three months

A health worker collects a nasal sample from a child for COVID-19 test during the total lockdown imposed by the state government due to surge in Covid-19 cases, in Patna on Monday. Photo: ANI

A health worker collects a nasal sample from a child for Covid-19 test during the total lockdown imposed by the state government due to surge in Covid-19 cases, in Patna on Monday. Photo: ANI

Press Trust of India Bengaluru

Bengaluru police Commissioner

Bhaskar Rao on Friday said he has quarantined himself for four days after his driver tested positive for coronavirus.

Rao said he would get himself tested on Monday, which will be his fifth test in the past three months.

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"My driver is tested Corona positive, I have home quarantined myself for four days and will get myself tested again on Monday for the (5) fifth time since 3 months," Rao tweeted.

He also said that he had to be in "numerous inadvertent interactions with positive cases".

"Seek your good wishes, I am not yet positive," he added.

 

According to a senior police officer, over 400 policemen including a few IPS officers have tested positive for coronavirus, five of whom lost their lives, about 200 recovered from the disease and about 20 police stations were sealed due to coronavirus infection among policemen.

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First Published: Jul 17 2020 | 5:39 PM IST

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