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Coronavirus scare at Coal India's top entity; 50 employees quarantined

The employees had gathered to perform a religious event on Friday

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R Krishna Das Raipur
About 50 employees of the South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district have been quarantined after participating in a religious event on Friday.

The employees had gathered to perform a religious event on Friday. They came under the scanner as one of the persons present in the event was tested positive for coronavirus. The person had been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Raipur.

According to Korba district administration, all the persons belonging to a minority community had defied the health guidelines and also curfew-like lockdown imposed by the Chhattisgarh government. Of the gathering, about

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