Senior IAS officer to inquire COVID-19 cases of pharma company: K'taka govt

Bengaluru, Apr 24 () The Katnataka government onFriday appointed a senior IAS officer to inquire into COVID-19infections to Jubilant pharma company factory's employees atMysuru's Nanjanagudu.

Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar in an order hasasked IAS officer Harsh Gupta, who is the nodal officer tooversee COVID-19 control measures in Mysuru to inquire intoand submit the report in a week's time.

Stating that Nanjanagudu's Jubilant pharma company isthe main reason for Mysuru to emerge as COVID-19 hotspot, theorder said it is reason for several people getting infected bycoronavirus.

So to inquire into how, from whom and where theinfection first spread in Najanagudu, what are the reasons forthe spread, what is the responsibility of the company andothers in the spread, Harsh Gupta has been appointed, it said.

As per data available till this evening, Mysuru with88 positive cases has the second highest number of positivecases, after Bengaluru with 120.

Seventy-three of the 88 cases in Mysuru are linked toNanjanagudu's Jubilant pharma company's factory. KSU SS