A Lieutenant Colonel-rank Army doctor has tested positive for coronavirus after he contracted the disease while treating patients here. Taking precautionary measures, everyone who came in contact with the doctor has been traced and all of them have been isolated.
Giving details here on Tuesday, sources said the doctor was part of anti-COVID operations here and is posted as part of the Army Headquarters. He was actively involved in the anti-corona operations like setting up infrastructure and other facilities, they said.
With the present case, the total tally of those tested positive has risen to five including another doctor in an army hospital in Kolkatta in the 13 million strong army.
The first Army man to be infected with Covid-19 was a jawan in Ladakh who contracted the infection from his father. The second case was that of another doctor in Kolkata who had returned from Delhi. One case each from Dehradun and Pune were also reported.