Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner tests COVID-19 positive
The Hindu
Three doctors, two urban health nurses and a staff nurse have also turned positive
Corporation Commissioner Raja Gopal Sunkara, three doctors and as many nurses turned COVID-19 positive in the last couple of days, even as the city recorded 140 streets with over four positive cases each.
Sources in the civic body confirmed that Mr. Sunkara, who had fever over the weekend, developed COVID-19 symptoms and was confirmed positive a couple of days ago. Three doctors, two urban health nurses and a staff nurse had also turned positive. This created panic among the health and other frontline workers in the civic body. After the doctors and nurses had turned COVID-19 positive, the Corporation had taken samples from their colleagues and was awaiting the results.
Other than the commissioner, doctors and nurses, none had tested positive though the Corporation was monitoring the health of its frontline staff, the sources also said.