10% of Haryana’s police force infected by Covid-19 virus, 47 cops succumbbed

Amid the harrowing second wave of the Covid-19, the state government of Haryana continues to put its best to tackle the disease and to some extent, the efforts have proved fruitful as the state is witnessing a multifold decrease in new cases and death toll. Police personnel along with medical staff and sanitation workers are leaving no stone unturned to deal with the pandemic. But amid the battle against the Covid-19 outbreak, the disease has affected the police personnel adversely. There are nearly 60 thousand employees in the police department— including junior and senior officials. The virus has hit more than 10 per cent of the total staff of the department which is a matter of serious concern.

The statistics made available by the department revealed that as many as 6540 police personnel tested positive so far which is more than 10 percent of the total staff.

47 police personnel have lost their lives while performing their duties on the frontlines amid the second wave of the pandemic. Apart from this, 102 candidates are still Covid-19 positive and under treatment in different hospitals. Understanding the pain of families of deceased, the state government already had declared to provide financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh to them and same is under process.

“The state government is committed to helping out the families of those police personnel who lost their life battling with corona,” said Manohar Lal, the Chief Minister of Haryana. The police department brought us laurels by performing their duties its full accountability in fight with corona, he added.