<span style="color: #222222;">Centre has dismissed media reports that legal action will be taken by the states including  imprisonment of CEO and  factory getting sealed in case a COVID-19 patient is found in the factory. In a letter to state Chief Secretaries,  Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla  said, apprehensions were raised by some companies and  media based on wrong interpretation of lockdown guidelines. He said, no lockdown clause mandates legal action including imprisonment of CEO in case a COVID-19 positive employee is found in the factory. Mr. Bhalla also said, there is  no clause in lockdown guidelines about sealing of factory in case of an employee testing positive for COVID-19.</span><br />