<p>With four secretariat employees succumbing to Covid-19 in the last three days, government employees working in the Andhra Pradesh secretariat complex at Velagapudi in Amaravati are panic-stricken.</p>.<p>Worried over the serious situation, the secretariat employees association has on Monday requested the Jaganmohan Reddy government to allow them to work from home.</p>.<p>“In the last four days, around 40 employees of secretariat and their family members have tested positive for Covid-19. Further, we lost four of our fellow employees to the disease in the last three days. All the employees are in a panic situation as they live with their children, elders at home and are facing a lot of mental agony attending the office amidst the worsening situation day by day,” said Napa Prasad, general secretary of AP Secretariat Association.</p>.<p>The association representatives submitted a representation to the chief secretary Adityanath Das office on Monday, seeking work from home option.</p>.<p>“We request necessary orders permitting all employees of the secretariat to work from home as we have an effective e-office system for processing files or allow at-least 50 percent of the employees to work from home on rotation basis so as to get relief from the Covid-19 infections and also to break the chain (of virus spread),” the association said in its letter.</p>.<p>The state government had set up a Covid-19 testing facility and a vaccination centre later in the secretariat for the sake of employees.</p>.<p>On Monday, AP reported 5963 new positive cases from across the state and 27 deaths.</p>
<p>With four secretariat employees succumbing to Covid-19 in the last three days, government employees working in the Andhra Pradesh secretariat complex at Velagapudi in Amaravati are panic-stricken.</p>.<p>Worried over the serious situation, the secretariat employees association has on Monday requested the Jaganmohan Reddy government to allow them to work from home.</p>.<p>“In the last four days, around 40 employees of secretariat and their family members have tested positive for Covid-19. Further, we lost four of our fellow employees to the disease in the last three days. All the employees are in a panic situation as they live with their children, elders at home and are facing a lot of mental agony attending the office amidst the worsening situation day by day,” said Napa Prasad, general secretary of AP Secretariat Association.</p>.<p>The association representatives submitted a representation to the chief secretary Adityanath Das office on Monday, seeking work from home option.</p>.<p>“We request necessary orders permitting all employees of the secretariat to work from home as we have an effective e-office system for processing files or allow at-least 50 percent of the employees to work from home on rotation basis so as to get relief from the Covid-19 infections and also to break the chain (of virus spread),” the association said in its letter.</p>.<p>The state government had set up a Covid-19 testing facility and a vaccination centre later in the secretariat for the sake of employees.</p>.<p>On Monday, AP reported 5963 new positive cases from across the state and 27 deaths.</p>