UP: 10 members of same family test positive for coronavirus in Hathras

AGRA: Ten members of the same family, including four children, tested positive for novel coronavirus in Hathras on Monday, taking the total tally of such patients to 19 in the district. In the neighbouring district of Aligarh, a private hospital, was issued a show cause notice by the administration for admitting a suspected Covid-19 patient in the general ward.
Chief medical officer, Hathras, Brijesh Rathore, said all the new infected patients are relatives of a cancer patient, who earlier tested positive for the disease after he returned to the city from a Noida hospital.The family members of the cancer patient had then alleged that they were not quarantined for over 24 hours, even after they had informed the health department about the positive status of the patient.
Rathore, said, "around 27 people were quarantined after one family member tested positive for Covid-19 and of these 10 were also found to be infected".
Meanwhile in Aligarh, chief development officer, Anunay Jha, said, "a 38-year-old woman was admitted with respiratory distress in private hospital’s ICU after taking Covid sample. The patient was however shifted to general ward after her condition improved but without waiting for her covid test report. This morning the report revealed her positive status, forcing quarantine of its staff and patients and closure of the hospital.
Aligarh district magistrate CB Singh said, "action will be taken against the hospital after receiving their reply. He said the hospital has been shut for 72 hours for sanitisation and six patients, who were admitted in the general ward, have been shifted to Harduaganj L1 ward for treatment. Their samples have been taken for testing Covid”. Singh added that the hospital staff members have been home quarantined.
After this fresh case, the total tally of Covid-19 patients has gone to 59 including three deaths in the district. Of these 22 have recoevered and two others,including a 40-year-old chemist and 46-year-old woman, are under treatment in Delhi.