COVID-19: 4 major Mum hospitals partially sealed

April 02, 2020 10:25

In Mumbai, Sai Hospital Chembur completely sealed and Saifee Hospital, Jaslok Hospital, Bhabha Hospital and Hinduja Hospital partially affected due to exposure to COVID-19 patients.

Two nurses tested positive for Covid-19 at Mumbai's Wockhardt Hospital, yesterday state authorities confirmed. The two -- one man and a woman tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend. Both came in contact with a 70-year-old patient who underwent angioplasty. The patient didnt exhibit Covid-19 symptoms at the time but later tested positive.

One more nurse from Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai also reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. The patient she was treating didnt have symptoms of Covid-19 or any international travel history.

An 85-year-old retired urologist died of COVID-19 and his 50-year- old son tested positive for the novel coronavirus, at Saifee Hospital.

After eight cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the Worli-Koliwada area of Mumbai, 36 high-risk contacts were traced and sent for testing. Areas, where these contacts stay, have been divided into four categories -- epicentre cluster, high-risk contacts, containment zone and buffer zone. A map of the same has been made.

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