SSG doc, two veggie traders test positive

Vadodara: A 37-year-old resident doctor of state-run SSG Hospital, who was involved in treating Covid-19 patients, tested positive for the virus on Sunday.
As a resident doctor, he has been involved in treatment of patients from the very beginning of the pandemic – first at SSG Hospital and later at GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gotri that was declared as a Covid-19 hospital for Central Gujarat.
Between May 6 and May 12, the doctor also served at the isolation ward of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital where he was on deputation. The doctor, a resident of Someshwarnagar society near Chanakyapuri on New Sama Road, developed symptoms after he returned from Ahmedabad. Sources said that after testing positive of Covid-19, he is currently admitted at a private hospital on Waghodiya Road.
Apart from the resident doctor, a 25-year-old wife of a policeman who had already tested positive in police line, a 57-year-old vegetable trader residing in Rajsthambh Society and another trader from Dabhoi town, were among those who tested positive .
In the 24 hours ending Sunday evening, 161 samples were tested of which 142 tested negative while the city recorded 19 new cases, taking the total numbers to 691.
In Dabhoi, a 27-year-old vegetable trader also tested positive.
“The patient is a vegetable trader who had gone to Ahmedabad to purchase tomatoes. He had developed some symptoms and was admitted at Muslim Medical Centre, Pangiate from where his sample was collected. Three of his close contacts have been shifted to Babaria,” said Dr Uday Tilawat, chief district health officer of Vadodara.