One man infects 8 in Bhopal; probe ordered

ACTIVE CASE TALLY 40

One man infects 8 in Bhopal; probe ordered

Jamal.Ayub@timesgroup.com

Bhopal:27.10.2021

A single Covid patient in Bhopal is said to have infected eight others, leading the health department to probe the role of the private hospital and patient’s relatives. It is alleged that the patient’s Covid status was reported only after four others in the family tested positive.

Overall, 11 new cases were reported in Bhopal on Tuesday, taking the active case tally to 40. Two of them needed hospitalization and the rest are in home isolation.

According to sources, last week a Govindpura resident tested positive for Covid-19 in a private hospital in Ayodhya Nagar. It is alleged that infection control protocols were breached by the patient and the hospital, and his Covid status went unreported.

The health department and district administration connected the dots on Monday when four members of the family were diagnosed with the infection. Health officials swung into action and began testing people in the locality and the family’s close contacts. On Tuesday evening, four of his neighbours also tested positive.

The contact trace count of patient zero of this cluster is now eight. Two of them are under 25 years of age, and two aged 50 and 58. Among the others are three men and a woman in their late 30s. Their condition is being monitored. Patient zero continues to be hospitalized.