Sun Pharma HCQ plant slapped closure notice after 14 worker test Covid positive
Surat: Drug Giant Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Sun Pharma) was recently slapped a closure notice by the Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH) administration after 14 of its employees tested positive for fatal Coronavirus. The DNH plant has been shut for the contact tracing and isolation of other employees working in the plant who may have come in contact with the infected workers.
As per recent media accounts, on July 2, 2020 (Thursday) over a dozen employees tested positive for COVID-19. Observing this, around 150 employees were quarantined in private hotels and hospitals in Silvassa.
This came after an employee working in the quality control department of the company located at Piparia village in Dadra and Nagar Haveli tested positive, following which the health department officials started tracing his contacts and carried out COVID-19 testing.
The plant located in Pipariya village in Silvassa is into the manufacturing of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets. About 10 lakh HCQ tablets are manufactured there per day.
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