Friday, September 20, 2024

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#Delhi State Cancer Institute shut after doctor tests positive for #coronavirus

 Delhi State Cancer Institute has been shut for a day after a doctor tested positive for COVID-19. According to the official, the Delhi government-run institute is being disinfected and that is why it has been shut for a day.

The doctor, who tested positive for coronavirus, worked at the institute.

The Delhi State Cancer Institute has been shut to suspend the hospital’s out-patient clinics for the purpose of sanitizing the premises after one of its doctors has been tested positive for coronavirus. The 35-year old doctor from the institute’s preventive oncology department is admitted at the Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini. His wife and child are admitted to nearby Lok Nayak hospital near Delhi gate after having tested positive.

As per reports, the origin of his infection is unclear. An official of the Delhi government health department said that the doctor had no history of foreign travel and neither was he treating any COVID-19 positive patient. And while his brother and sister-in-law did travel to the UK in February, they haven’t tested positive for the infection.

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.

Till Monday night, the number of cases of the deadly COVID-19 stood at 97, including two deaths.

A few days ago, a doctor at a Mohalla Clinic in Mohanpuri area of Maujpur in northeast Delhi had contracted the disease.

A senior official of the Delhi health department had said the doctor’s wife and daughter had also tested positive for Covid-19 in the wake of the outbreak.

About 800 people who visited the clinic or came in contact with the doctor between March 12 and March 18 were quarantined.

Vijay Upadhyay

Vijay Upadhyay is a career journalist with 23 years of experience in various English & Hindi national dailies. He has worked with UNI, DD/AIR & The Pioneer, among other national newspapers. He currently heads the United News Room, a news agency engaged in providing local news content to national newspapers and television news channels