Haridwar, Jul 17 (PTI) Thirty-three employees of a unit of Hindustan Unilever here have tested positive for COVID-19 in two days, officials said on Friday.

The unit was closed temporarily on the orders of the district magistrate and its premises thoroughly sanitised.

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The company's management had sent the swab samples of its employees for testing to a private lab.

Twenty people tested positive on Thursday and 13 more on Friday, Chief Medical Officer S N Jha said.

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All the employees who tested positive have been admitted in the isolation ward of a hospital and the unit where they worked has been sealed, he said.

The rest of the employees of the firm are also being tested, Jha said.

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