Sonipat officers have been working a particular drive for the sampling of staff at meals joints. (File)
Chandigarh:
Two meals joints in Haryana’s Murthal have been sealed on Thursday after 75 staff examined constructive for COVID-19, a senior official mentioned.
In line with Sonipat Deputy Commissioner Shyam Lal Poonia, majority of the employees — 65 — examined constructive on the Amrik-Sukhdev dhaba.
Ten staff belonged to a different meals joint, he mentioned.
Each eateries are situated in Sonipat’s Murthal and almost 50 km away from Delhi.
The official mentioned each dhabas have been sealed until additional orders and efforts are on to hint as many contacts as potential of the constructive instances.
He mentioned the district administration has ordered to sanitise the eateries.
Murthal is legendary for its eateries and is usually thronged by individuals travelling on the Delhi-Ambala nationwide freeway. Many individuals from Delhi additionally go to Murthal as a getaway vacation spot because the place has many well-known dhabas.
The official mentioned the Sonipat district administration has been working a particular drive for the sampling of staff on the dhabas and it was throughout this course of that these instances have been detected.
In view of the coronavirus pandemic, he mentioned the district administration retains carrying routine checks at eateries to make sure that they comply with all norms and pointers, together with these pertaining to social distancing.
Haryana on Thursday reported its highest single-day spike of 1,881 coronavirus instances with 19 fatalities.
Sonipat district reported 190 coronavirus instances, in response to a state Well being Division bulletin.
As per the bulletin, Sonipat, which to date has reported 4,747 instances with 41 fatalities, is the third worst-hit district after Faridabad and Gurgaon.
