With just a day left for the Magh Mela to begin on `Makar Sankranti`, seven policemen on Mela duty have tested positive for Covid. They had arrived on the Mela campus from different parts of the state on duty. Health officials are now trying to trace and test the contacts of these policemen.

The Mela police has tested around 2,000 policemen from January 1 to 10 and seven of them came out positive. They have been kept in isolation camps till recovery. Further, testing of employees, officials of various government departments and members of different organisations who have arrived for Magh Mela duty or are setting up camps on Mela campus has been intensified.