Two NMC staffers, nurse of pvt hosp among 24 +ves

Nagpur: Two employees of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and one nurse of a private hospital were among 24 persons who tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the district’s tally to 585. In a relief, 37 doctors and staff of the civic body tested negative.
A 48-year-old Class-III employee working with Rapid Response Team (RRT) in NMC Satranjipura zone appears to have contracted the disease while working in containing spread of Covid-19. He is a resident of Lalganj, which is a non-containment zone, and had not registered any case so far.
NMC had appointed RRT for all 38 wards since city started registering Covid-19 cases in March. RRT was engaged in multipurpose works like monitoring home quarantined persons, ensuring Covid distancing among people in markets and shops. RRT from this zone was also working in Satranjipura containment zone, where 130 cases were detected, and Naik Talao-Bangladesh area, which witnessed 42 cases.
The worker gave swab samples at NMC Mahdibagh Dispensary, where 37 employees of Satranjipura zone went for testing after a 21-year-old worker tested positive on Monday.
The other NMC employee is a 40-year-old woman and attendant at NMC Mahdibagh Dispensary. She also gave swab samples at the special camp. She and a male attendant were working in the dispensary. The male attendant is the father-in-law of first positive person from Bangladesh. He was asked to remain in home quarantine after his son-in-law tested positive. The male attendant is also said to be ill now, and will be tested on Wednesday.
NMC is trying to identify whether the female attendant contracted the virus from male attendant or from dispensary itself. She is a resident of Binaki, which too is a non-containment zone.
The nurse who tested positive was among the few who were quarantined and tested after a 73-year-old man patient from the private hospital at Dhantoli tested positive on May 29 and died at GMCH Covid-19 Isolation ward on May 30.
In a major relief for the NMC’s Covid-19 work, 37 doctors and staff from Satranjipura zone tested negative. They were engaged in Satranjipura and other containment zones since April 6.
Many from Mominpura containment zone and adjoining areas heaved a sigh of relief as 25 customers of a barber also tested negative on Tuesday.
NMC zonal medical officer Dr Khwaja Moinuddin told TOI, “The barber was quarantined and tested after his neighbour came positive in Hansapuri a few days ago. Our investigation revealed the barber used to run a saloon at Jalalpura and kept it closed since lockdown but was giving home services for all these days. As the barber was not ready to reveal the names of customers, we identified 25 persons, quarantined and tested all of them. The barber’s wife, cousin and 25 customers all tested negative,” he said.