Virus Shuts 2 Hospitals & Jolts Juhu

Several doctors and nurses test positive, while Morani’s daughter infected in Juhu

- Mustafa Shaikh and Amit Tyagi

Two hospitals in Mumbai - Wockhardt Hospital and Jaslok Hospital - have been declared as containment zone as many doctors and nurses tested positive for the deadly novel Coronavirus.

At least 26 nurses and three doctors in Wockhardt Hospital were tested positive for Covid19, while Jaslok Hospital has 10 COVID-19 positive staffers, including six nurses.

Restrictions have been imposed with the entry and exit sealed of both the hospitals as more medical staffers continued to test positive for the new virus.

Meanwhile, concerns are being raised about the staffers in both the hospitals as it has affected it's functioning with more and more health workers testing positive for the COVID-19.

The first COVID-19 patient got admitted in Wockhardt hospital on March 27. He was a 70-year old patient admitted for angioplasty who tested positive later and died. One of the staffers came in contact with the patient tested positive. Later, a surgeon staying in Dharavi and working at Wockhardt also tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

In a similar case, few of the staffers in Jaslok Hospital were also reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.