NEW DELHI: Three healthcare workers — a doctor, a nurse and a non-medical staff — working with the Max Hospital Saket have tested positive for COVID-19, said the authorities on Monday. However, in a statement, the hospital authorities claimed that there is “no chance” that these people have contracted the disease from the hospital. Following the report, 39 healthcare workers who were contact-traced, have been quarantined within a separate and isolated wing at the hospital.
“So far, three hospital staffers have tested positive — a doctor, a nurse and one non-medical staff. All of them are recovering,” the hospital said in a statement. Recently, two patients admitted for cardiac treatment at Max Hospital had tested positive for COVID-19. As per authorities, all 39 individuals are asymptomatic and will be tested on the fifth day of exposure, which is April 14.
“There are 154 employees deployed in shifts in the COVID ward of Max Hospital, Saket. None of these employees has had any exposure to the virus. They are working in shifts and are staying on the hospital premises to reduce any risk of infection to their families and neighbours. None of them has been quarantined,” the statement said.
Around 112 health workers out of 115 have tested negative for Covid-19 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital who were quarantined two weeks back. “Only three have tested positive and rest 112 have tested negative for COVID-19. These 112 workers will be joining their respective duties from day after tomorrow,” said an official statement from hospital. Meanwhile, a police personnel deployed outside AIIMS has tested positive, making him the third policemen in the capital to get infected.
Two DCPs, Addl DCP in self-isolation
A 56-year-old Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) posted outside All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 virus, becoming the third police personnel in the national capital to contract the disease.Meanwhile, Southwest DCP Devender Arya, additional DCP Southwest, Injit Pratap Singh, and DCP Vijayanta Arya, Northwest self quarantined themselves, after coming in contact with the ASI.