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COVID-19: Two employees of BMC's disaster management department test positive

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 20, 2020 19:10 IST

Two employees of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Disaster Management Department have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on ...

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Two employees of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Disaster Management Department have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Monday. Both of them have been kept at Isolation Facility at COVID-19 care center of BMC.

As per sources, one of the employee resides in Dharavi, which is the densest urban clusters, and a COVID-19 hotspot with around 140 positive cases, including 11 deaths.

The second COVID-19 patient lives in central Mumbai, sources said.

Sources said control room staffers were tested earlier for the virus but the procedure may be repeated after these two people tested positive.

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