Sonipat: As many as 71 employees of this famous Sukhdev Dhaba in Haryana’s Murthal have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.. DC Shyamlal Punia of Sonepat has given this information. There is a stir here as soon as the news is received, because at least 2 to 3 thousand people eat food at least everyday. Apart from this, young people also come here to do parties.
71 workers from outside working at the dhaba have been found corona infected. All have been quarantined in their homes with no symptoms. SDM Vijay Singh has reached the spot. As a precaution, the dhaba has been closed for two days and is being sanitized. Deputy Civil Surgeon and Rural Area Nodal Officer Dr. Geeta Dahiya said that samples of those working at the dhaba were taken.
71 workers and labourers who came to work at the dhaba were found corona infected. Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr. Dahiya said that on the instructions of the SDM, the work of collecting samples of the workers and labourers working on the dhaba was going on. On 31 August, the director of Sukhdev Dhaba told him that he had just called some workers from outside as well. He also requested for their sample. In this way, samples of about 319 employees were taken at the dhaba. Of these, 71 reported positive. The information has been given to the operator of Dhaba.
Meanwhile, Dhaba operator Amrik Singh said that he had called about 100 workers from Bihar four days ago by bus. These workers used to work with them earlier and went to their house during lockdown. All were staying in quarters near the dhaba. He requested the Health Department to conduct corona examination of all. All samples were taken on this. Of these, 71 people have been found to be corona infected. However, there is no symptom in them. He said that positive visitors had not started work on the dhaba yet. However, as soon as the information has been received, he has closed the dhaba for two days and started sanitizing it as a precaution since Thursday afternoon.
