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11 family members of Lok Nayak dietician test positive for Covid-19

By IANS | Updated: April 27, 2020 23:15 IST

At least 11 family members of a dietician employed with the Covid-19 dedicated Lok Nayak Hospital here have tested positive for coronavirus.

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New Delhi, April 27 At least 11 family members of a dietician employed with the Covid-19 dedicated Lok Nayak Hospital here have tested positive for coronavirus.

Speaking to , an official source said that while the family members have tested positive, all the contacts of the Covid-19 positive dietician at the hospital have tested negative.

"At least 11 family members of the dietician have tested positive. All the other contacts in the hospital gave tested negative," the official said.

On April 23, the Covid-19 dedicated hospital shut its kitchen after the dietician associated with the mess of the hospital tested positive for coronavirus. All the mess workers in the hospital had tested negative last week.

As of Monday night, around 200 coronavirus patients were admitted to the Lok Nayak Hospital in the national capital.

( With inputs from IANS )

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