Woman ACP tests coronavirus positive in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, Apr 24 () A woman Assistant Commissionerof Police (ACP) attached to the Ahmedabad city crime branchhas tested coronavirus positive, an official said on Friday.

So far, 46 police personnel in the city have testedpositive for the infection, the official said.

Moreover, around 200 police personnel were also putunder home quarantine as a precautionary measure, he said.

"Before the woman ACP, a police inspector attached toKhadia police station in the walled (old) city area ofAhmedabad tested positive," Deputy Commissioner of Police,Control Room, Vijay Patel, said.

"The woman ACP, who heads the Mahila Police Stationunder the city crime branch has been admitted to SVP Hospitalafter she tested positive today. So far, 46 police personnelof the city were found to have been infected. Eleven of themhave recovered and got discharge," he added.

Patel said that the woman ACP might have contractedthe infection during her duty inside the walled city, whichhas recorded several positive case, due to which the areas hasbeen was put under curfew for around two weeks. PJT PDNP NP