Part of Shastri Bhavan floor sealed after law ministry official tests COVID-19 positive

The Shastri Bhavan, which houses a number of central ministries located near Parliament House, was partially sealed on Tuesday after an official in the Ministry of Law and Justice tested positive for COVID-19.

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The offices of Ministry of Law and Justice as well as Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the fourth floor of the building will remain closed till Wednesday for sanitisation.

Officials said the contact tracing process has been initiated to identify those who were in touch with the official who tested positive with the virus infection.

Senior officers of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has been asked to work from the media wing operating in the same complex.

Earlier, the NITI Aayog and Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, where the Ministry of Civil Aviation functions, were also sealed after staff there tested positive for the virus infection. The headquarters of CRPF and BSF were also sealed in the past couple of days.