<p>As many as 26 employees of Cadila Pharmaceuticals have tested positive for coronavirus in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district, a district official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>At least 26 employees of the company's manufacturing unit at Dholka town in the district tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, district development officer Arun Mahesh Babu said.</p>.<p>Following the development, 95 employees of that unit, who may have come in contact with the infected personnel, have been put under home quarantine, he said.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-worldometer-update-lockdown-30-latest-news-832551.html#1">Follow the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak in India here.</a></strong></p>.<p>Both the manufacturing unit and the entire Dholka town have been sanitised, the official added.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, in a release issued on Thursday, Cadila Pharmaceuticals confirmed the reports and said the manufacturing unit has been shut and sanitation process has been initiated.</p>.<p>"Recently, 26 employees from our Dholka facility tested positive for Covid-19. Following this, we have closed our operations, and are undertaking deep sanitisation of the plant and its surroundings," company's statement read. </p>
<p>As many as 26 employees of Cadila Pharmaceuticals have tested positive for coronavirus in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district, a district official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>At least 26 employees of the company's manufacturing unit at Dholka town in the district tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, district development officer Arun Mahesh Babu said.</p>.<p>Following the development, 95 employees of that unit, who may have come in contact with the infected personnel, have been put under home quarantine, he said.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-worldometer-update-lockdown-30-latest-news-832551.html#1">Follow the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak in India here.</a></strong></p>.<p>Both the manufacturing unit and the entire Dholka town have been sanitised, the official added.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, in a release issued on Thursday, Cadila Pharmaceuticals confirmed the reports and said the manufacturing unit has been shut and sanitation process has been initiated.</p>.<p>"Recently, 26 employees from our Dholka facility tested positive for Covid-19. Following this, we have closed our operations, and are undertaking deep sanitisation of the plant and its surroundings," company's statement read. </p>