Mumbai: 25 staff members of Bhatia hospital tests COVID-19 positive

25 staff members of a hospital in Mumbai's Bhatia hospital have tested positive for COVID-19. They are all being treated at the ICU of the hospital itself. All are stable now. Few others, close contacts of these staff members were also tested but are negative. High-risk contacts of these positive patients are quarantined in the hospital itself and low-risk contacts of positive cases have been instructed to home-quarantine themselves. 

The hospital authorities further said that to contain the spread of coronavirus, other patients have been shifted to other hospitals. "Besides, those on the path to recovery were discharged on Thursday and sent home to ensure their safety," they added. 

Around 150 more staff members have also been tested on Friday, of which 110 test reports came negative and 11 were confirmed COVID-19 positive, the statement read.