Mumbai's Wockhardt hospital made containment zone

April 06, 2020 11:14

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The Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai has been declared a containment zone by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation after as many as 26 nurses and three doctors tested positive for COVID-19 in a span of one week. The administration has barred the entry to and exit from the hospital until all the patients test negative twice consecutively, reports said.

"It is unfortunate that such a big cluster of cases have come from a medical facility. They should have taken precautions," said Suresh Kakani, the Additional Municipal Commissioner, adding that a team led by the executive health officer has been set up to probe how the coronavirus spread among so many in a hospital setting.

While the nurses who tested positive for COVID-19 have been shifted to the hospital from their quarters in Vile Parle, two of the infected doctors are admitted in SevenHills and one in SL Raheja Hospital, Mahim. Swab samples of more than 270 hospital staff and some patients have been sent for tests.

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