An inspector of the Rachakonda Police Commissonerate tested positive for novel coronavirus on Thursday.
Though he was down with fever, and had body pains and cough, the 35-year-old inspector had attended duty till Wednesday. When the temperature spiked, he was taken to a government isolation centre where his swabs were collected. After the test result came positive, he was shifted to Gandhi Hospital, and the family members were home-quarantined.
Following this, samples of 35 police personnel, including the Station House Officer of the police station where he was working, were sent for tests.
