45 policemen infected with coronavirus

Panaji: As many as 45 police personnel, including an inspector, have tested positive in the state. Nine personnel have been cured, while 36 are yet to be discharged. They have been lodged in various Covid care centres.
The tally of police personnel getting Covid infection shot up last week after 16 personnel attached to Ponda police station tested positive leading to temporary shutting of the station for sanitisation.Some of the personnel were posted in Vasco.
Initially, a police personnel hailing from Sattari taluka tested positive after a Covid case was detected in Morlem village.
Two days ago, a IRB personnel posted at the gate of legislative assembly tested positive leading to testing of more than ten of his contacts in the assembly complex.
Apart from an PI, the list includes two police drivers, four PSI, two ASIs, five head constables, one lady head constable, 22 police constables, two lady constables, five home guards and one female home guard.