Three days after the party's Foundation Day celebrations at Shiv Sena Bhavan, it had to be shut down on Monday as a party worker has tested positive for COVID-19. The worker is not an office bearer or staffer of Sena Bhavan. However, party functionaries are of the opinion that the premises are closed for sanitisation and disinfection work, and there is nothing to be worried about.

According to sources, the person who has tested positive was a close confidante of a Rajya Sabha MP of the party. Though the worker was not a staffer of Shiv Sena Bhavan, he used to visit the headquarters almost daily and function from the third floor of the party office in Dadar. After the party decided to shut down the headquarters for the next couple of days, the message was conveyed to a section of the party leaders and other employees working at the office.