Indian Hotels Company (IHC), which operates the Taj Hotels chain, confirmed that some of their employees have tested positive for the coronavirus but did not disclose the exact numbers.
Mumbai| Around 6 employees of the iconic and prestigious Taj Mahal Palace and Taj Mahal Towers hotel in south Mumbai’s Colaba have tested positive for the coronavirus infection, a doctor at private hospital said on Saturday.
Indian Hotels Company (IHC), which operates the Taj Hotels chain, confirmed that some of their employees have tested positive for the coronavirus but did not disclose the exact numbers.
The hotels have been hosting the doctors and health workers working at different state facilities to treat coronavirus patients as well as working for other emergency services.
The company runs Taj Palace at Colaba, Taj Lands End at Bandra, Vivanta President at Cuffe Parade, and Taj Santacruz.
“Six Taj hotel employees are being treated at Bombay Hospital and they have tested positive. They are recovering and are stable now,” informed Dr. Gautam Bhansali, who’s a consulting physician at Bombay Hospital.
In its statement, though the company didn’t reveal the number of infected employees, it said, “Most of them are asymptomatic, showing absolutely no signs of illness and that the employees were tested proactively.”
It further added, “However, staff testing positive and symptomatic were duly hospitalized and others who were in contact with them have immediately been put in quarantine.”
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