Rajya Sabha official tests positive for COVID-19, entire floor of Parliament Annexe building sealed

This is the second case of an official posted in the building testing positive for the coronavirus.

A Rajya Sabha Secretariat official tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, the fourth such case detected in the Parliament complex.

The director-level officer who attended work on May 28 was found positive for the infection along with his family members, they said.

An official statement said that his room was sanitized and sealed at around 7:30pm on Friday. "Parliament Security Service is presently undertaking the work of sanitization of entire area of 1st floor, Parliament House Annexe building including washrooms, corridors, passage from VIP gate & staff gate up to his room and lifts and the complete sanitization exercise is expected to be completed by 2015hrs," the statement read.

The authorities also requested people who may have come in contact with him or his personal staff to monitor their health.

This is the second case of an official posted in the building testing positive for the coronavirus.