Two doctors from Safdarjung Hospital test positive for coronavirus
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Two doctors from Safdarjung Hospital test positive for coronavirus

Of the two who tested positive, one is a male posted at Covid-19 unit and the other is a female third-year Biochemistry student.

   
A suspected coronavirus patient shifts to the isolation ward of Safdarjung hospital after going through scanning at the airport, in New Delhi on 4 March | PTI Photo

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New Delhi: Two resident doctors of Safdarjung Hospital have tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.

Of the two doctors who were tested positive, one is a male posted at COVID-19 unit and the other is a female third-year post graduate student from the Biochemistry Department, officials said. According to officials, the student has a past travel history to a foreign nation.
“Both the doctors have been admitted to the isolation ward,” hospital officials said while adding that contact tracing of these two doctors is being done.
Earlier today, a doctor of the Delhi State Cancer Institute was confirmed positive for COVID-19.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases has reached 1637 in India, including 1466 active cases, 133 cured, discharged or migrated and 38 deaths.


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