| Pune |
Updated: August 27, 2020 7:09:18 am
Over 25,000 personnel are currently in quarantine facilities on the account of being high-risk contacts of those who have tested positive.
Over 60,000 personnel from state police forces and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have till now tested positive for coronavirus disease across India and over 340 Covid-related deaths have been reported, as per data collated by the Indian Police Foundation (IPF), a multidisciplinary think-tank based in Delhi.
The CAPF is an umbrella term for forces under the Union Home Ministry which includes Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Assam Rifles (AR), National Security Guard (NSG) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The IPF has also included the Covid data of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), which draws its personnel from the CAPFs.
IPF has been collating data of Covid-19 cases among state police forces and CAPFs, and has created a platform for discussion on strategies for the pandemic.
In terms of the total number of Covid-19 cases among personnel, Maharashtra Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), West Bengal Police, Border Security Force (BSF) and Jharkhand Police…
