
Sections in State Archives sealed off
The Hindu
Four employees test positive for COVID-19
As many as four members of staff of the Telangana State Archives and Research Institute in Tarnaka tested positive for the novel coronavirus, prompting authorities to seal parts of the repository of lakhs of documents. According to sources, it was on Thursday that the issue came to light. Staff aware of the development said that those who have tested positive belong to different categories of employment. The library, and two research rooms, one on the ground floor, the other on the first floor, where PhD candidates, and others are engaged in retrieving and archival documents, were sealed off. They will be off limits for the next fortnight.
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