2nd mohalla doc’s contacts being traced

THE DOCTOR, A 48-YEAROLD WOMAN, LIKELY CAUGHT THE INFECTION FROM HER HUSBAND WHO WORKED IN A MOHALLA CLINIC IN MAUJPUR AND WAS DIAGNOSED ON MAR 21

nNEW DELHI : A doctor couple from two mohalla (neighbourhood) clinics in Northeast Delhi are central of one of two coronavirus disease (Covid-19) clusters in the city.

The 49-year-old husband who worked in a mohalla clinic in Maujpur was diagnosed on March 21 after being infected from a patient who returned from Saudi Arabia. His 48-yearold wife, who worked in a neighbouring clinic in Baburpur, and 17-year-old daughter tested positive for the disease on March 25 -presumably infected by him.

So far, 10 people have been infected from P0, the index patient of the cluster, in this case, a 38-year-old Dilshad Garden resident who returned from Saudi Arabia. At least 3800 people who came in contact with the index patient, the doctor, or his wife, including patients from the two mohalla clinics, are being tracked by the city’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme .

“Both husband and wife are doctors and used to work in two clinics not very far from each other. We are monitoring all the people they came in touch with including those who visited their clinics,” said an official from Delhi’s health department.

The 38-year-old index patient returned from Saudi Arabia on March 10; she tested positive for the disease on March 18. Before that, she visited her 65-year-old mother and 35-year-old brother living in Jahangirpuri, who tested positive for Covid-19 on March 10. She also infected two other relatives – sisters aged 24 and 26 – living in Dilshad Garden. They tested positive on March 21.

She also went to the evening clinic of the 49-year-old doctor (before she was tested positive); the doctor tested positive of March 21. Later, another friend of the index patient – a 35-year-old man from Jahangirpuri – and his