Corona scare after a doctor of Mohalla Clinic tests positive

A panic like situation has been created after a doctor of Delhi's Mohalla Clinic tested positive on Wednesday. The administration has urged those who visited or were present at Mohalla Clinic in Mohanpuri area of Maujpur between March 12 and March 18 to stay in home quarantine for 15 days.

New Delhi: The coronavirus scare has reached the Delhi Mohalla Clinic after a doctor developed symptoms of COVID-19. The authorities have asked the visitors to go for 15-day home quarantine.

Circular issued by Delhi Police

The Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Shahdara, has ordered that all those who visited or were present at Mohalla Clinic in Mohanpuri area of Maujpur between March 12 and March 18 to stay in home quarantine for 15 days.

They have been asked to contact the control room, in case there have been any symptoms.

The order says that the Mohalla Clinic doctor Gopal Jha could have been a positive coronavirus case.

According to the Delhi Health official, the clinic has been closed and is being sanitised.

Delhi has developed five new cases of coronavirus with the patient tally reaching 35 in the city.

The confirmed coronavirus cases in India rose to 606 on Wednesday, of whom 43 are foreign nationals, said the Union Health Ministry. There have been ten deaths so far in the country.

(With inputs from IANS)