When the first case of an employee testing positive came to the fore, Chaudhary’s address to the team on May 15 wasn’t as reassuring as you’d hope. Instead of offering up precautions and alternatives to handle the situation, Chaudhary’s words left employees scared and angry. This threat was independently confirmed by three employees of Zee News, one of whom holds a senior editorial position and tested positive for coronavirus. Remember this: all of you will recover from the fever, but for the one who complains, it will never be the same.” Only indispensable personnel should come to the office.”Īccording to the employee, Chaudhary told them: “I don’t want to listen to any more complaints about someone’s fever or cough from tomorrow. We want to be tested and to be allowed to work from home.
“We are worried about getting infected ourselves. “It’s an obvious concern because all of us work within the same premises,” the employee pointed out. Yet, his behaviour - and that of the channel’s management - to employees is entirely different.Īn employee who was present in the newsroom on May 18 said everyone was scared. This is Chaudhary’s public face: a staunch nationalist devoted to the pursuit of journalism. Employees would bring news to viewers under any circumstances, he said, even if they or a family member falls sick. He addressed it in his primetime show too, claiming that he and his colleagues at Zee News “dedicate” themselves to the “eternal service of the nation”. “As the order affirms, the processes of sanitisation, sealing and quarantining are going on,” he said. Rakesh Chauhan, Noida’s information officer, confirmed to Newslaundry that 28 employees of Zee News tested positive for coronavirus.
The commander shut down company operations for the time being and sanitisation is underway as per RRT protocol, the area was sealed.
The other 13 who came back positive, live in Delhi, Ghaziabad and Faridabad. The office made swift enquiries about everyone who had come into contact with Ashish, including those involved in handovers between shifts at the office.įifty-one of his contacts were subsequently tested, the bulletin said, and 28 tested positive, of which 15 live in GB Nagar. He posted his test results in an official Zee News WhatsApp group. According to the bulletin, 28 Zee News employees had tested positive for coronavirus.Īshish (name changed), an employee of Zee Media, tested positive for Coronavirus on May 15th. On the morning of May 18, a press bulletin issued by the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration created mayhem at Film City in Noida’s Sector 16A.
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