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Mumbai: BMC seals a Lab in Dadar after 12 staffers test COVID-19 positive

Under the contract tracing of the COVID positive patient, 39 high-risk contacts of the 44-year-old were tracked down who were the staffers of the lab.

Mumbai: BMC seals a Lab in Dadar after 12 staffers test COVID-19 positive
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently sealed a lab in Mumbai’s Dadar (West). Image: Twitter/ANI
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently sealed a lab in Mumbai’s Dadar (West) area after 12 of its staff members tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, December 24.

Meanwhile, on the same day, the civic body issued fresh orders banning all new year parties and gatherings in enclosed or open areas under BMC jurisdictions.

According to reports, a 44-year-old employee of the laboratory had tested COVID-19 positive on December 22. Later, the civic body conducted contract tracing among staffers of the Dadar laboratory.

Under the contract tracing of the COVID positive patient, 39 high-risk contacts of the 44-year-old were tracked down who were the staffers of the lab.

All the 39 employees of the laboratory were tested and 12 were found to be COVID-19 positive. Out of the 12 employees, one has gone out of Mumbai. Now, a contract tracing of all the 12 coronavirus patients will be undertaken.

Moreover, the BMC also ordered that prior permission from the local disaster management authority is compulsory for any gathering, even that in an open area for 200 people for more, reports stated.

Besides, in its earlier set of guidelines issued on December 21, the BMC had allowed people up to 50 per cent capacity in closed space and 25 per cent in open spaces.

On Sunday, December 26, Maharashtra reported as many as 31 new cases of the Omicron variant. Of these, Mumbai detected 27 cases, which raised the city's count of such cases to 73. Though, as many as 15 were not residents of Mumbai.

Also Read: BMC deploys 48 teams to keep an eye on Christmas, New Year parties

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