Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday said that 53 journalists in Mumbai have tested positive for COVID-19.
53 journalists in Mumbai tested positive for #COVID19; All are under isolation.Samples of 171 journalists reporting from field,including Photographers,Video Journalists&Reporters,were collected.Most of the positive journalists were asymptomatic: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation pic.twitter.com/Q4eDRYuYBw
— ANI (@ANI) April 20, 2020
"53 journalists in Mumbai tested positive for COVID-19; All are under isolation. Samples of 171 journalists reporting from field, including Photographers, Video Journalists and Reporters, were collected.
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Most of the journalists with COVID-19 were asymptomatic," BMC said."Their samples were taken on Thursday and Friday last week. And their results came yesterday and today," it added.Maharastra is the worst-affected state in the country due to COVID-19, with a total of 4,204 cases, including 223 deaths so far. (ANI)
