A resident doctor of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a source in the Hospital. He is posted at the Physiology Department and had been admitted to the new private ward for further evaluation, the source said, adding that his family members would also be screened.
The AIIMS administration noted that contact tracing protocol had been started in the cases.
India reported its first case of COVID-19 on January 30. It was a travel-related case from Wuhan, China. The Health Ministry has now maintained that containment measures to break the cycle of transmission and clinical management of those affected would require large human resources. This amidst reports of acute shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) at various hospitals across the country.
