On Monday, in Visakhapatnam the COVID-19 case tally has crossed 300 mark. Among the new cases, two are PG doctors and one is a patient from King George Hospital. One of the doctors infected works in the forensic medicine department, hence the hospital morgue was closed. The other doctor works in the orthopaedic department and the patient was admitted in the surgery ward.

KGH superintendent G Arjuna told TNIE that almost 45 primary contacts of the two PG doctors and the patient are identified. Amongst them, there were 30 associate and assistant professors, doctors, nurses, along with head nurses, who were already quarantined for 7-days. He further said that all the staff workers at the morgue were given personal protective equipment and the precautionary measures were also being taken while performing autopsy on the bodies. They came to know that one of the PG doctors recently had travelled to Guntur and had returned to Vizag in a bus.

The morgue has been closed as all the staff members at the forensic medicine department are quarantined. Andhra Medical College principal PV Sudhakar said that alternative arrangements are being made for post-mortems.

The orthopaedic doctor was earlier tested negative and, hence was allowed to work. But, he was tested positive on Sunday. All those staff who are in quarantine will be tested again after one week. Arjuna also said they are trying to trace how the patient in the surgery ward contracted the coronavirus. All the doctors and nurses who had attended him are also quarantined. The surgery and orthopaedic wards along with thoroughly sanitized.

Source: The New Indian Express