Portion of DRDO headquarters in Delhi closed after staff tested COVID-19 positive

Government of India's defence agency DRDO's headquarters in Delhi has been closed for a day for sanitisation after an employee tested positive for COVID-19, sources said. 

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, headquartered in Delhi.

Meanwhile, Among cities, Mumbai and Delhi are the worse affected due to the highly contagious disease. The central government has been releasing guidelines as part of its Unlocking measures. The search for coronavirus vaccine is still one with many have claimed to enter a crucial clinical trial.

Around the world, over 66 lakh people have been infected by coronavirus and so far over 3.89 lakh, people have died due to COVID 19. The US, Brazil, Russia, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy are the worse affected countries so far, as per data revealed by the Johns Hopkins University and Medicine.

(With inputs from agencies)