Four AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Doctors Sent to Quarantine for Treating Mumbai Driver who Later Tested Positive for COVID-19
Bhubaneswar: At least four doctors and two attendants of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)- Bhubaneswar have reportedly been sent to quarantine after they had treated a Mumbai truck driver, who later tested positive for COVID-19. Notably, the 42-year-old driver from Mumbai had suffered injuries in a road accident in Jatni area and was [...]
Bhubaneswar: At least four doctors and two attendants of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)- Bhubaneswar have reportedly been sent to quarantine after they had treated a Mumbai truck driver, who later tested positive for COVID-19.
Notably, the 42-year-old driver from Mumbai had suffered injuries in a road accident in Jatni area and was admitted at the AIIMS at Bhubaneswar.
He, however, tested positive for Covid-19 on May 8.
5th Health Update, 8th May
One positive case
42 yr Male, MumbaiHe is a Truck driver of Mumbai. Met with a road accident in Odisha. Admitted in AIIMS, BBSR and Tested Positive. This case will be counted in the State of Maharastra.
Total Positive Case: 270
— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 8, 2020
On Sunday, 20 police personnel, the primary and secondary contacts of the man were sent to quarantine.
As many as 414 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the State among which 85 persons have recovered while three persons have died of COVID-19.
Odisha’s COVID-19 Cases Touch 414 as 20 New Persons Test Positive
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