NEW DELHI: The municipal health officer of
the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (
NDMC) on Saturday said he has tested positive for
Covid-19 and is admitted to a private hospital here. Dr Ashok Rawat said he got to know about the infection on Friday.
"Yes, I have tested positive for Covid-19. We are in the frontline of this battle, so chances of such people getting infected is higher. I have got myself admitted to a private hospital," he said.
Many civic officials, doctors, nurses, sanitation workers and other staffers of the municipal corporations in Delhi have tested positive till date.
A junior engineer employed with NDMC died of Covid-19 on June 1.
In
the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, a sanitation worker succumbed to the disease in late May.