One more AIIMS employee tests positive for COVID-19

Bhubaneswar: An employee of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar has tested positive for COVID-19, hospital sources said Tuesday.

The staffer tested positive for the virus June 15 and has been admitted to AIIMS here for treatment.

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All high-risk contacts of the patient have been quarantined and tested for detection of COVID-19 as per the guidelines, sources said.

Earlier, five employees of the institute– one June 3 and four others June 9– had tested positive for the virus. All of the employees were admitted to the COVID ward of AIIMS.

Swab samples of more than 300 healthcare workers of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar have been tested, sources added.

PNN/Agencies