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Former MP tests Covid-positive in Nashik, quarantined
Nashik: Amid rising Covid cases in the state, the city has also reported its first patient. Former MP Hemant Godse tested positive and has been quarantined at his home. He had returned from Mumbai just two days ago.
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Godse told TOI that he tested Covid-positive and is quarantined at his home. Nashik Municipal Corporation's (NMC) health department confirmed the same.
Godse is staying at his other residence in Deolali Camp outside city limits, and the district health department has been informed in this connection.
Meanwhile, NMC has set up a special ward with 10 beds each at two civic hospitals — New Bytco and Zakir Hussain — to treat patients if Covid cases rise in the city.
"We have taken precautionary measures. Besides the special wards at two hospitals, we also have adequate stocks of medicines at both facilities for such cases," said a civic official.
A senior health officer of NMC told TOI, "We have urged the state health department to provide at least 1,000 antigen kits for rapid Covid tests at the earliest."
The NMC health department is also procuring 10,000 antigen kits on its own.
A proposal has been submitted to NMC commissioner Manisha Khatri for approval. "Once we get the civic chief's nod, the proposal will be tabled at the meeting of the general body of NMC for its nod," said another civic official.
NMC limits host 30 urban primary health centres (PHCs) across areas. Instructions have been given to the medical staff at these centres to conduct antigen tests of suspected Covid patients and also create awareness among people coming to outpatient departments (OPDs) about precautions to take. NMC has appealed to people to wear masks if they are going to crowded places.
