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Forensic lab sealed after staff tests Covid-19 positive
H M Chaithanya Swamy
DHNS
Last Updated IST
Twelve more policemen from various stations across the city have also tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Credit: DH File Photo
Twelve more policemen from various stations across the city have also tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Credit: DH File Photo

The forensic science laboratory (FSL) in Madiwala was sealed on Wednesday for three days after a stenographer and a City Armed Reserve (CAR) police constable at the lab tested positive.

Twelve more policemen from various stations across the city have also tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.

Policemen of the rank of constable and assistant sub-inspector attached with the VV Puram and SR Nagar stations, and Subramanyapura, Kengeri traffic, and other stations, and a driver of the personal assistant of an Additional Director General of Police residing in Mahalakshmi Layout have been infected.

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Meanwhile, policemen continue to face problems in getting timely ambulance service. An assistant sub-inspector from the Kamakshipalya station who tested positive struggled to go to hospital as there was no ambulance available.

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(Published 09 July 2020, 00:36 IST)