Langur handler at Rail Bhavan tests COVID-19 positive, 15 staffers sent to home quarantine

A langur handler hired to chase away monkeys around Rail Bhavan has tested positive for coronavirus resulting in quarantining of around 15 rail staffers, sources said on Saturday.

contract worker h last come to building on May 4 and tested positive on May 14 making him second COVID-19 case at rail hequarters after a Railway Protection Force (RPF) staffer was diagsed with virus on May 13.

As part of government policy, such workers are deployed to scare away monkeys found near most government buildings in central Delhi.

worker h come in contact with officials of general branch, staffers of which have been sent to home quarantine till May 18.

five-floor Rail Bhavan premises on Raisina Ro in New Delhi was alrey undergoing intensive sanitisation after orderly working in RPF offices on fourth floor tested COVID-19 positive. He h come to office till May 6. rail hequarters were sealed for two days -- May 14 and 15.

NDMC, which services Rail Bhavan and most of Lutyens Delhi, has been facing a tough time in keeping monkeys at bay in its areas.

It has tried several methods to check monkey menace, from hiring langur handlers and using air guns and rubber bullets to arranging food for m at specific feeding areas.

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