Another railway staffer tests Covid positive in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, June 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) A senior railway engineer tested Covid positive a day after a station master in the city was found infected with the virus, leading to closure of the divisional railway manager's (DRM) office in the city, an official said on Friday.

"The 46-year-old engineer has been admitted to the state-run designated hospital after he tested positive when checked for fever," senior Divisional Commercial Manager Krishna Reddy told IANS here.

Though the engineer stays in railway colony at Hindupur in Andhra Pradesh, he is posted at Kengeri station in the city and commutes for duty daily.

"The Kengeri station has been sanitised after the engineer left for the test at the railway hospital in the city. As passenger trains are not operational, the station has been empty barring essential staff," said Reddy.

He also said that the DRM office was closed for sanitisation and all employees were advised to work from home, as the 53-year-old Hebbal station master visited the office early this week before he tested positive.

The DRM's office of the South Western Railway (SWR) is located adjacent to the Krantivira Sangoli Rayanna main railway station in the city centre.

"Railway hospital staff is on tracing the primary and secondary contacts of the affected employee for testing and isolating them at the earliest," Reddy said.

The station master visited the railway hospital near the station for a check-up as he had knee problem. The railway hospital referred him to a private hospital for his knee treatment, where a Covid test on him turned positive.

"The railway hospital staff that would have come into contact with the affected employee has also been tested and their results are awaited," said Reddy.

The railway hospital has also been disinfected.

Source: IANS