NDMC doctor tests COVID-19 positive, dispensary sealed

A doctor at a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) dispensary tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday following which the premises of the health facility was sealed, officials said.

"A senior doctor at the NDMC HQ - Palika Kendra Dispensary took a COVID-19 test and was found positive today. She lives in the NDMC area and has been put under home quarantine with family members,” a senior NDMC official said. As per protocol, contact tracing is going on and the dispensary has been sealed, the official said.

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Twenty people are employed with the dispensary, including five doctors.

The doctor is the third NDMC employee, to test positive for the diseases. Earlier, a sanitation worker and an engineer had tested positive.