Nagpur: As on Monday, 1,584 police in the city have been tested positively against the Omicron Covid variant.
Even though there is no hospitalization or victim, the number of police tests positive about 151% more than during the second wave.
About 94 officers are in a positive list.
Police Commissioner (CP) Amitesh Kumar has enabled import duties for 371 police over 55 years with co-morbidity.
The police have been told to participate in the online training schedule.
The source said the crime branch was also affected because 60 police fell with Covid in recent weeks.
Omicron has hit a branch of crime at the time begins to investigate important things such as illegal sand transit passes issued from Madhya Pradesh, recruitment rackets and so on.
Kumar said the level of infectivity was higher but there were no situations such as panic.
“Many infected police have previously managed to continue the task after the right time to take a complete home isolation period,” he said.
Kumar also said maximum care was taken by the police unit, including a police station, to break the chain.
Dr.
Sandeep Shinde, Chief Medical Officer of the Police Hospital, said the health of the police family was being monitored.
“We provide immune booster for the police family too.
Positive police are being monitored by a multi-layer system,” he said.
Dr Shinde said the police station was being fumigated and regularly dissed.
“We provide covid kits with drugs and pulse oxymeters to the police which require them.
Every police in isolation of houses receive calls from the police hospital, the welfare department and unit to ask about health and other requirements,” Dr Shinde said.
“The number of cases rose but no one reached the severity stage,” he said.