Lucknow, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) As many as 33 medical staff members, including doctors, at Medanta hospital in Lucknow have tested positive for Covid-19, the hospital said on Tuesday.
Of the 33 new patients, 32 are hospital staff and one is a doctor, working in emergency ward. All the patients are asymptomatic.
Recently, the hospital had collected 800 Covid samples for RT-PCR testing, of which 33 were found infected.
Medanta Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor said: "Most of the doctors who have been infected are those who go for sample collection and this could be the reason that they have contracted the disease."
He said, "The hospital is also collecting samples from other staff members and doctors as part of contact tracing."
Source: IANS
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz
This website uses cookies.
