SAS Nagar, July 28:
Sub-Divisional Magistrate Mohali Jagdeep Sehgal and Assistant Commissioner Undertraining(EAC-UT) Deepankar Garg have successfully recuperated and have rejoined their offices on Monday.
Sharing this information, Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said, “Both officers were found Covid positive two weeks ago, have fully recovered now and have resumed their routine duties as usual since they have completed their isolation period and have tested negative now”. He said both the officers emerged victorious in the battle against novel coronavirus by following health and safety protocols meticulously.
Dayalan said the district administration had chalked out a detailed programme to contain the virus as per the directions issued by the state government. He said all out efforts were being made to keep the further spread of coronavirus under check and added that the health teams were working 24X7 to tackle any exigency.
Urging people not to panic in view of rising number of cases, Dayalan asked them to avoid unnecessary outdoor movement, follow physical distancing, hand hygiene and wear mask.
Stayed in Strict isolation to prevent the further spread of virus to Parents and staff : SDM
Sub-Divisional Magistrate Jagdeep Sehgal ,the first PCS officer to test positive from Mohali on July 8, sharing his experience after testing COVID positive said, “We are in a public dealing job and hence are always at a higher risk but as per the instructions of the Health Department I got myself isolated well in time to prevent the further spread of virus to my staff and aged parents. I followed the health protocols without any fail during quarantine period and successfully recovered from the virus.”
He underscored the need for self-discipline to check the spread of virus. He shared that he used to take healthy diet to boost immunity and maintained positivity in thoughts.
Observed strict home quarantine and followed the doctors’ advice, says Deepankar
Assistant Commissioner Undertraining (EAC-UT) Deepankar Garg said that on being tested positive, he observed strict home quarantine and followed the advice of doctors. He said that during quarantine period he used to read books and spoke to all those friends, with whom he had lost contact in course of preparation of Civil Services Exams. He said that early detection and timely quarantine coupled with observance of safety protocols can lead to controlling the spread of virus. Calling upon the people to strictly go by the directions issued by the state government time-to-time to contain coronovirus, Deepankar said that he is happy to rejoin work and render service during these trying times.
