Senior IAS to inquire COVID-19 cases in Pharma Company in Karnataka

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The Karnataka government has asked a senior IAS officer to inquire into the cases of coronavirus in the Nanjanagudu’s Jubilant pharma company in Mysuru.

The company is the main reason for Mysuru emerging as a hotspot of coronavirus.

The order issued by the Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar (IAS:1983:TN), has asked senior IAS Harsh Gupta (IAS:1997:KN) to conduct the inquiry. Gupta is currently the nodal officer, overseeing anti- Covid measures in Mysuru.

At 88, Mysuru has second highest number of COVID-19 cases so far, behind only Bengaluru which leads with 126.

Seventy three of these cases in Mysuru are linked to Nanjanagudu’s Jubilant pharma company’s factory.

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