Underground colliery operation at Jamadoba under Tata Steel’s Jharia division in Dhanbad, around 145km northeast of Jharkhand capital Ranchi, has been closed for sanitisation after a middle-aged senior officer tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday night at Tata Main Hospital in Jamshedpur.
Sources in the Jamadoba collieries said the 47-year–old officer had no travel history and was having fever and chest congestion for a few days.
“The official was having fever and chest congestion since June 18 but was reporting to duty. On June 22, he went for check-up at the Jamadoba hospital. The doctor referred him to Tata Main Hospital in Jamshedpur for Covid-19 test. The report came positive yesterday night,” said the source.
