Published 17:39 IST, March 27th 2020

Mumbai: 25-yr old who attended wedding with 1000 guests tests positive for Coronavirus

In a major health scare, a 25-year-old man, found to be Coronavirus positive was revealed to have attended a large wedding with over 1000 guests

Reported by: Ananya Varma
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In a major health scare, a 25-year-old Dombivli man, found to be Coronavirus positive was revealed to have attended a large wedding with over 1000 guests a few days ago.  man who works for a multi-national company h returned from Turkey on March 15 after going on a trip with his friends. Four days after his arrival, he attended his bror's wedding in Dombivli where he interacted with around a thousand guests and family members. 

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After man complained of Coronavirus like symptoms at wedding, he was taken to a local hospital where he was tested positive for Coronavirus. He along with three of his family members are presently under treatment at Kasturba Gandhi hospital. 

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authorities are actively tracking down people and tracing those who could have come in contact with man. His 21 friends who h accompanied him on trip to Turkey are also being actively tracked down, and contact mapping is being done. 

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After Kasturba Hospital shared his reports with Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), it started sanitizing his entire locality. KDMC has been actively testing people and conducting medical checkups of residents of his locality as well.  local ministration has examined approximately 5,300 people for signs and symptoms of vel disease till Thursday. 

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With five more persons testing positive for coronavirus in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, total number of COVID-19 patients in state went up to 135 on Friday, officials said. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday held a review meeting to take stock of preparedness regarding Coronavirus outbreak in state. In conclusion of meeting held on Thursday, Uddhav Thackeray anunced that all essential commodities, grocery stores, and medical stores will be allowed to remain open for 24hours. 

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(With ncy Inputs)

 

17:39 IST, March 27th 2020