West Bengal makes it mandatory to wear face covering in public
Kolkata/IBNS: Issuing an order on Sunday, West Bengal government has made it mandatory for residents to wear a face covering in the public as a precautionary measure against the spread of novel coronavirus, officials said.
The government has asked the people of the state to cover mouth and nose by facial masks or any other available piece of cloth which may even include a properly folded or rolled dupatta, gamcha, handkerchief or any such material that acts as a protective cover.
"It is hereby directed that it shall be mandatory to use the face cover always, especially when in public places," the order read.
Meanwhile, three doctors from Kolkata and its adjoining areas have tested positive for COVID-19 as death toll due to the disease touched seven on Sunday.
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Sources in the West Bengal Health and Family Welfare department on Sunday said that three doctors from Kolkata and its adjoining areas had tested positive for novel coronavirus.
According to reports, a doctor of state-run Howrah District Hospital's emergency department has tested Covid-19 positive while two physicians attached with a private health facility in south Kolkata and a nursing home in New Town area have also tested positive for novel coronavirus.
State health officials said that Howrah District Hospital's Covid-19 infected doctor has been admitted to M.R. Bangur hospital in Kolkata while remaining two medical practitioners from Kolkata are undergoing treatment at Beliaghata ID hospital.
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Days ago, Howrah District Hospital's Superintendent and a non-medical staff had tested positive for novel coronavirus and they are undergoing treatments in a Kolkata hospital.
Meanwhile, according to a data shared by state health department, Bengal is presently treating 95 active Covid-19 patients and the death toll due to novel coronavirus has mounted to seven.
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