COVID-19: 2 Doctors, 1 nurse tested positive, number reached 880

IT News

Imphal, June 22:

Lateral transmission of  novel corona virus begins in the state with a nurse from Churachandpur district getting infected after being tested on June 4. The number is on the rise with two doctors and one more nurse tested positive with the novel Coronavirus in Bishnupur district, this is the second  case of frontline workers being exposed to the coronavirus in Manipur .

Medical department authority said that he three health workers were part of the medical team at Bishnupur COVID-19 care facility.

Their samples were tested positive at Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDL) at VRDL at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS).

All of them are in stable condition and are now being shifted to the COVID-19 care facility at JNIMS for further treatment, sources said.

As per report in the morning the total positive case have reached 880 with 630 active case. 254 people have been recovered so far and there is no casualty so far. Except for the health workers , all those affected are returnee from outside the state who are in quarantine centers.

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