Srinagar, June 02, (KNS): Days after a senior IAS ranked officer turned out to be Covid-19 positive, the samples of three immediate contacts of the officer tested negative, sources said.
Sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that three officers including Zubair Ahmad (Secretary Tourism & Culture), Mehmood Shah (Director Industries & Commerce) and Tufail Mattoo (Vice Chairman LAWDA) who were kept into administrative quarantine few days ago, turned out to be negative.
“The team of doctors took swab samples of all officers who later on tested negative on Tuesday morning”, sources disclosed.
Notably on Saturday evening a senior IAS ranked officer tested positive after which authorities kept all immediate contacts of the officer into administrative quarantine.
Soon after the incident red alert was sounded in Jammu Secretariat which was sprayed with disinfectants on the following day by officials of SMC Jammu and teams of Disaster Management Authority. (KNS)