Nagpur. Corona infection is spreading rapidly in the police department. Every day 25 to 30 people are coming positive. In such a situation, the concern of the officials has also increased. In the last 10 to 12 days, 413 policemen have been corona infected. The number of officers and employees found to be COVID positive on Thursday stood at 42. Till January 15, this figure was at 169, but in the last 5 days, the virus has spread rapidly. During this, more than 240 policemen have come positive. The good thing is that most of them are healthy. Some people have only cold-cough and slight fever symptoms but as a precaution, all have been home quarantined.
The strength of the police force in the city is around 8,000. In such a situation, more than 400 policemen getting infected means 5 percent policemen are affected. In the first wave of Corona, 1,830 police officers and employees were infected. At that time the effect of the virus was also high and neither vaccination had started. In the first wave, 28 policemen lost their lives from Corona. By the time of the second wave, vaccination had started for those working in emergency services.
In the second wave, 630 policemen were infected and 4 people died. So far, 98 percent employees of the department have been given both doses of the vaccine. This is the reason that the effect of corona virus has also reduced in the third wave. Similarly, if the infection continues to spread in the department, the system will falter. The Police Department has played an important role in handling the system during the Corona period.