Hyderabad: Results of 16 more samples of suspected cases awaited

Hyderabad: The rush of Covid-19 suspected cases to Gandhi Hospital is continuing without a break for the last few days.

On Friday, another 15 people, suffering from related symptoms, visited the hospital. Of them nine came out negative and the results of 16 samples (cumulative) are still awaited.

Meanwhile, three persons with foreign travel history including Italy are being shifted from the erstwhile Warangal and Khammam districts after they were found to have related symptoms.

Apart from them, another 18 asymptomatic persons were put under home quarantine on Friday. Until now, samples were taken of 232 persons, out of which 215 came out negative and one positive.

The number of persons under home quarantine touched 412 on Friday. Meanwhile, Health Minister Eatala Rajender inspected isolation wards at Gandhi Hospital on Friday evening.

He went around the facility wearing mask and enquired about facilities and treatment procedures with the hospital doctors and staff.