NITI Aayog sealed for 48 hrs after staffer tests positive for coronavirus

NITI VC Rajiv Kumar said that other staffers are working from remote locations

The NITI Aayog building, the government's main think-tank, has been sealed for the next 48 hours after a director-level officer tested positive for coronavirus, a senior official said on Tuesday.

News agency PTI quoting Alok Kumar, an advisor in NITI, reported that a director-level officer working at NITI Bhavan has been tested positive for Covid-19. The person got his reports at 9 am on Tuesday, and then he informed the authorities.

However, vice-chairman, Rajiv Kumar said that the Aayog and its members have been working from remote locations and will continue to do so. Kumar said that those who came