Doordarshan News staff member dies of Covid-19
NEW DELHI: A 53-year-old staff member of Doordarshan News who worked as a senior lighting assistant succumbed to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Delhi on Wednesday, following which the public broadcaster asked some of its employees to go into isolation.
According to a senior government official, the incident took place on Wednesday but the test report of the deceased came out on Thursday. It wasn’t immediately clear how he was infected.
Following the incident, the public broadcaster asked several of its employees to go into isolation while the building itself will be sanitised. “He complained of uneasiness after which he was taken to a hospital. We learnt that he died of a cardiac arrest. However, we got to know on Thursday after his test report came out that he was Covid-19 positive. We are shifting Doordarshan operations to another building and all necessary protocols are being followed,” said a senior government official who asked not to be named.
Two Doordarshan officials, when contacted, confirmed the incident. According to one of them, the lighting assistant had participated in some recent shoots for news coverage. He had also visited the AIIMS area around 12 days ago. “Standard contact tracing protocols are being followed,” said the official.
Officials said that live bulletins would continue from 7am onwards on Friday from Doordarshan’s Siri Fort office.