Bengaluru police commissioner, Bhaskar Rao has decided to remain home quarantined for next four days as his driver has been tested Covid-19 positive on Friday morning.
The infected driver is from Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) deployed as driver to Rao. The driver didn't have any symptoms of Covid-19, but had developed chest pain and he went to a private hospital and got himself thoroughly checked.
The doctors asked him to rest and had given treatment for his chest pain. However, the doctors had taken collected a swab sample and asked him to be under isolation. On Friday morning Rao attended to work as usual and worked for couple of hours after which he attended a meeting and after lunch he decided to be under home quarantine for four days. Rao confirmed his quarantine and said he will undergo a Covid-19 test on Monday and once the result is out he will get back to duty.
Rao also tweeted about the same stating "My driver is tested Corona positive, I have home quarantined myself for 4 days and will get myself tested again on Monday for the (5) fifth time since 3 months. I had to be in numerous inadvertent interactions with positive cases. Seek your good wishes, am not yet positive !!"
My driver is tested Corona positive, I have home quarantined myself for 4 days and will get myself tested again on Monday for the (5) fifth time since 3 months. I had to be in numerous inadvertent interactions with positive cases. Seek your good wishes, am not yet positive !!
— Bhaskar Rao IPS (@deepolice12) July 17, 2020
Anyone who wants to meet him in case of any emergency, will have to wait till Tuesday.
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