News Delhi
Indian defence secretary Ajay Kumar has become the first top bureaucrat of his country to test positive for the novel coronavirus, reported Indian media on Thursday. A source told the Times of India, that close to 30 people who had come into contact with Kumar have been asked to go into self-quarantine. The publication further said Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh did not attend his office on Wednesday and is not in self-quarantine. Meanwhile, officials have told the Hindustan Times that contact tracing was being carried out to identify those who had been in touch with Kumar. They added that the Indian chief of defence staff and the three services chief had not met Kumar in the last four days.—INP
