NDMC doctor tests COVID-19 positive, dispensary sealed

The doctor is the third NDMC employee to test positive for COVID-19

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Updated At : 01:43 AM May 23, 2020 IST

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New Delhi, May 22

A doctor at a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) dispensary tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, following which the premises of the health facility was sealed, officials said.

“A senior doctor at the NDMC HQ — Palika Kendra Dispensary — took a COVID-19 test and was found positive on Friday. She lives in the NDMC area and has been put under home quarantine with family members,” a senior NDMC official said.

As per protocol, contact tracing was going on and the dispensary has been sealed, the official said.

Twenty people are employed with the dispensary, including five doctors.

The doctor is the third NDMC employee to test positive for COVID-19. Earlier, a sanitation worker and an engineer had tested positive. PTI

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