Aurangabad: 190 workers among 300 test positive for Covid-19 in MIDC Waluj area

AURANGABAD: All the high-risk as well as low-risk contacts of Covid-19 patients will henceforth be tested in Aurangabad district as the number of cases and casualties have been rising.
A decision in this regard was taken during a meeting convened by Aurangabad guardian minister Subhash Desai on Thursday, said a source close to the minister. The meeting also discussed the issue of industrial workers contracting the disease.
More than 300 people, including 190 workers, have tested positive for the contagion in the MIDC Waluj area in the past few days. Police have issued notices to the companies whose employees contracted the disease.
People’s representatives, including MPs Imtiaz Jaleel and Bhagwat Karad, MLAs Atul Save, Pradeep Jaiswal and Sanjay Shirsath and MLC Ambadas Danve raised several issued with the guardian minister and pointed out lack of coordination and communication.
It was also decided that every Monday, the administration will hold a meeting with the people’s representatives.