City
Epaper

Staffer of private hospital in Delhi too tests COVID positive

By IANS | Updated: April 26, 2020 21:50 IST

(IANS) A staff member of a private hospital in the South district tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, the administration said.

Open in App

New Delhi, April 26 A staff member of a private hospital in the South district tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, the administration said.

This came on a day when at least eight nurses of Kalawati Saran Hospital in the Central Delhi tested positive for Covid-19 and 58 employees, including doctors and nurses, of the Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, here, have tested coronavirus positive.

The staffer, working in the pharmacy of multi-specialty Batra Hospital located at the Tughlakabad Institutional Area in South district, is a resident of Malviya Nagar.

"One of the staff of the Batra Hospital has tested positive. Four of the family members are high risk and one shopkeeper is a low-risk contact. We are putting high-risk contacts under institutional quarantine and low-risk contact under home quarantine," the administration said on Sunday.

While the testing for the high-risk contacts was done, the reports are awaited.

"A decision on containment will be taken once the report is received."

Hindu Rao Hospital run by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation was also temporarily shut after a nurse tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.

( With inputs from IANS )

Tags: Hindu rao hospitalNorth delhi municipal corporation
Open in App

Related Stories

National2 killed as heavy rainfall causes 15 house/wall collapse incidents in Delhi

NationalVagabond held for killing elderly man over petty issue in Delhi

NationalMayor holds meeting with health officials amid Covid cases surge in Delhi

PoliticsRoots of bulldozer politics go back to Delhi's Turkman Gate, May 31, 1976

NationalQuick response from police saves life of man in Delhi

Health Realted Stories

HealthDabur India Q4 net profit falls over 8 pc YoY

HealthIndia's wireless subscriber base hits 1.16 billion in March, grows 0.28% monthly: TRAI

HealthWorld's wealthiest 10pc contributing most to global warming than poorest 50pc: Study

HealthTamil Nadu to launch organised cancer screening programme in 12 districts

HealthStudy shows diabetes drug may help treat prostate cancer