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11 family members of deceased Covid-19 patient test positive
KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 4/10/2020 12:56:41 AM
SRINAGAR, Apr 9: Eleven family members of 3rd deceased Covid patient from North Kashmir’s Bandipora were tested positive for Coronavirus on Thursday.
The patient from Gund Jahangir area of Bandipora district breathed his last a couple of days after ago at SMHS Hospital. Shortly after his death, police was asked to lodge an FIR against a private hospital owner for negligence as the patient had arrived there amid when other patients especially neonates were present in the hospital for treatment.
The said hospital has been sealed and turned into a quarantine centre.
All the family members and neighbours of the deceased Covid-19 patient were quarantined and their samples were collected. Today 11 family members including little children were tested positive.
Nodal Officer for Coronavirus Shahnawaz Bukhari confirmed that 11 members including six women tested positive belong to a single family.
The news sent shockwaves among general public in Hajin Belt.
Reports said out of the 24 confirmed cases that surface today, 12 are from Bandipora, and eight are from Tangmarg.
This is not the only case when family members of any confirmed case were tested positive for Covid-19. Earlier two little kids of Natipora Srinagar man were tested positive. In Tangmarg as well, a couple of family members including a teacher as well of a deceased Covid-19 patient were tested positive.
In Bemina also the son with a travel history infected his mother and brother.