New Delhi: Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have succumbed to the coronavirus COVID-19 infection in Indian capital on Thursday (May 7). These are the first cases of death in the BSF due to coronavirus infection.
According to the BSF’s statement, “Prahari pariwar is grief-stricken with deaths of two BSF personnel during this pandemic. A critically ill patient died who had contracted infection of COVID19 while visiting super-specialty clinics for his treatment. Other Borderman died on Monday 4th May in Safdarjung hospital, where he was admitted on 3rd May. From normal ward he was shifted to ICU on 4th May. After his death, prior to postmortem, COVID-19 test was done and result came positive by late night of 6th May Wednesday.”
