Covid warriors test positive in Mysuru

Mysuru: An oncologist, 13 police personnel, a Tibetan and a textile shopowner were among 22 people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Mysuru on Saturday. This is the first incident of Covid warriors contracting the virus in Mysuru.
Authorities have closed the OPD and sanitised the hospital where the woman oncologist worked. The OPD will remain shut till all those who consulted with the 54-year-old oncologist are tested next week. However, all patients admitted in the hospital will continue to remain in the hospital, and will not be discharged till they are tested for the novel coronavirus, said deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar.
This is the first case here, where a doctor has been infected, and it has caused panic among health staff, patients and their relatives. Since cancer patients are vulnerable to the disease, the authorities are a worried lot.
Tibetan man hospitalised
A 31-year-old Tibetan from New Delhi tested positive for Covid-19. He was at one of the monasteries in Bylakuppe, the Tibetan refugee settlement camp in Periyapatna in Mysuru. He was one among four from New Delhi who arrived here. After he developed fever, he was tested for the novel coronavirus, and tested postive. The other three are not infected. About 14 people, including the camp officer, have been quarantined. The youth came to see one of his friends here, but stayed separately. Sources claimed that people from Bihar and Bhutan too have arrived at Bylakuppe to participate in religious camps, but the officials were clueless about it.
Policeman’s son-in-law tests positive
The son-in-law of a policeman attached to Devaraja police station tested positive for Covid-19. The police station was sanitised, but the policeman has not been infected. His son-in-law had come from Tamil Nadu recently.
13 KSRP personnel shifted to Covid hospital
About 13 KSRP personnel tested positive for Covid-19 and were shifted to the Covid hospital here.
Deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar appealed to the public who visited Neeha Textiles on JSS College Road, Hullahalli town, in Nanjangud, to quarantine themselves and get tested, as a person associated with the shop has tested positive. He has no travel history, but tested positive after showing ILI symptoms.
With 22 fresh cases recorded on Saturday, Mysuru’s tally reached 151. So far, 112 people have been cured of the disease and discharged, while 39 including 13 police personnel, an oncologist and a Tibetan man are in hospital.