20 AIIMS Doctors Test Covid-19 Positive In Delhi

Twenty doctors of AIl India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, including 18 residents doctors and two faculty members, have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past few days, official sources said.

They said six MBBS students at the institute have also contracted the virus.

They also said that only three of thosee who have tested positive had taken the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine.

“Eighteen ressident docotrs, two faculty members tested positive in the last 10 days. Six MBBS students also tested positive. Among all those 26 only three had been administered the first dose of vaccination, a source in the institute said.

AIIMS has about 700 faculty members, more than 2,500 resident doctors, around 4,000 nurses and over 2000 security guards on the premises.

Thirty seven doctors of Sir Gangaram Hospital in New Delhi had tested positive for Corona virus, hospital sources said on Thursday.

Of those, 32 doctors with mild symptoms are in home isolation while five have been admitted to the hospital.
India reported 1,31,968 new COVID-19 cases, 61,899 discharges and 780 deaths in the last 24 hours. – ANI