Samples from Tandalja, Mughalwada test negative

TNN | Updated: Apr 13, 2020, 13:41 IST

VADODARA: While the number of Covid-19 cases in the city may be spiralling at an alarming rate, the geographical spread of the virus has so far been limited to two localities. Positive cases due to local transmission since last week are from these two pockets only.
Officials of Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) said results of samples so far from Tandalja and Mughalwada have turned out to be negative. VMC has been sending samples to SSG Hospital as well as a private laboratory in Ahmedabad for testing.
On Friday, results of all the 30 samples from Tandalja were found negative for Covid-19. Fifteen samples from Mughalwada were also found to be negative.
VMC has started sampling in Tandalja and Mughalwada after it came to light that a homeopath from Nagarwada who had tested positive for Covid-19 used to work at a hospital in Tandalja. Similarly, a doctor who had examined a Covid-19 patient was a resident of Mughalwada. Tandalja has been declared a red zone while Mughalwada an orange zone by VMC.