A senior official of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), who attended press conferences along with senior union cabinet ministers, has tested positive for COVID-19 following which the National Media Centre (NMC) was closed for sanitisation purpose. The senior official tested positive on Sunday.

According to sources, the senior official of the PIB has been admitted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) trauma centre. The trauma centre is a dedicated Covid-19 hospital. The NMC, where his office is located, has been closed and will remain shut on Monday and the entire building will be sanitised, sources said. The officials have started a massive contact tracing exercise in accordance with the standard protocol.