Nurse, SRPF jawan test coronavirus positive in Jalna

Aurangabad, May 11 () A nurse on duty at the wardfor treatment of COVID-19 patients in Jalna district hospitalof Maharashtra tested positive for the disease on Monday, anofficial said.

Besides, the test of a State Reserve Police Force(SRPF) jawan in Jalna also came out positive, he said.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Jalnahas gone up to 13, he said.

The nurse was working at the COVID-19 ward of thehospital, civil surgeon Dr Madhukar Rathod said.

Informing about the other new case, he said the SRPFjawan was kept at an isolation facility after he returned fromduty at Malegaon in Nashik district.

He also tested positive for the viral infection onMonday morning and was undergoing treatment at the districthospital, Rathod said.

The coronavirus has also reached rural areas of Jalnawhere two persons from Ambad tehsil tested positive for thedisease on Sunday, another official said. AWGK GK