A man who returned from Dubai last month and 11 of his family members have tested positive for the coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena ...
A man who returned from Dubai last month and 11 of his family members have tested positive for the coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, days after he organised a feast for 1,500 people in honour of his dead mother, NDTV reported on Saturday. The local authorities have sealed the entire colony to prevent it from becoming another coronavirus hotspot.
The man works as a waiter in Dubai. He came to Morena on March 17 and organised the ceremony on March 20. He developed symptoms of the virus on March 25, but reportedly visited the hospital only on March 29. He and his wife were quarantined, and on Thursday, they were found positive for Covid-19.
Later, the local authorities tested 23 of the man’s relatives. As many as 10 of them were found to be positive for Covid-19.
“We sent 23 samples of the contacts of the two positive patients and received the reports on Friday,” Morena Chief Medical Officer RC Bandil said. “Out of them 10, including eight women, have tested positive for the virus. All 12 patients have now been quarantined at the hospital, while those who tested negative have been put under 14 days’ isolation at their houses.”
The authorities in Dubai had tested the man...
