Two resident doctors of the Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi have tested positive for coronavirus infection. One of them, who is part of the team treating COVID-19 patients at the hospital, is believed to have contracted the disease during the course of duty, official said.
According to sources, the female resident doctor, a third-year post-graduate student of the biochemistry department, who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus had recently travelled abroad.
Both of them showed symptoms of COVID-19 and their test results came out positive two days ago. They are now undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of the Safdarjung hospital.
“All the doctors and staff who had come in contact with them have been tested. So far, none of the contacts has tested positive for coronavirus infection,” they said, adding all of them have been asked to monitor their health.
Meanwhile, Delhi State Cancer Institute has been shut for a day after a doctor tested positive for COVID- 19. Till Monday night, the number of cases of the deadly COVID-19 stood at 97, including two deaths
The Delhi government-run institute is being disinfected and that is why it has been shut for a day, according to officials. The doctor, who tested positive for coronavirus, worked at the institute.
The total number of coronavirus cases in Delhi climbed to 120 on Tuesday after 23 new cases of the disease were reported. These 120 cases include 24 people who took part in a religious congregation at the Markaz in Nizamuddin West earlier this month.
According to the Union health ministry, 1,637 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the country so far, out of which 38 people have died.