At least 53 journalists, including reporters, cameramen and photographers, tested positive for COVID-19 in Mumbai on Monday.
Mumbai| Kishori Pednekar, the Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has gone in self-quarantine after she came in contact with 2 journalists who tested positive for coronavirus.
Pednekar, along with her staff, will now work from home for 14 days, and her bungalow will be sanitized.
“I was present during the check-up of the journalists. My driver’s and my report is negative but some journalists whom I met in the recent five days have tested positive so I have decided to stop,” Pednekar said in a video posted on her Twitter handle.
“There is nothing to worry,” she further added.
— Kishori Pednekar (@KishoriPednekar) April 20, 2020
At least 53 journalists, including reporters, cameramen and photographers, tested positive for COVID-19 in Mumbai on Monday.
Officials said that samples of 167 media persons were sent for testing and health committee members said count may increase.
Civic officials said they would be shifting all 53 confirmed cases to COVID-19 critical centres (CCC) and for observation. They will also carry out contact tracing.
The cases were identified after 167 media personnel were tested at a special camp established by the BMC along with the Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi from April 16-17.
Deputy executive health officer at BMC Dr Daksha Shah said 171 had been tested of whom 53 were said to be positive, while the others’ reports are awaited. “Most of these media personnel are asymptomatic and are low-risk categories. We have asked them to home quarantine and will shortly be moving them to CCC centres,” she said.
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