COVID-19: Nagpur mayor, civic chief spar over combat efforts

Nagpur, Apr 21 () Nagpur Mayor Sandip Joshi onTuesday accused the civic corporation for the high number ofCOVID-19 cases in the city, with civic commissioner TukaramMundhe refuting the allegations.

Joshi, in a letter, claimed those with suspectedexposure were kept along with positive cases in quarantinefacilities till test reports come in.

He also alleged that Mundhe was not talking to electedrepresentatives in the corporation which was causing issueswhile combating the outbreak.

Mundhe, meanwhile, said the outbreak was being tackledas per guidelines issued by the ICMR, Centre and the stategovernment.

"Due to institutional quarantine of 200 contacts of adeceased COVID-19 patient, we managed to get all of themtested, and 45 reports returned positive. We are followingguidelines strictly," he said.

Eight people tested positive for novel coronavirus onTuesday in Nagpur, taking the district's COVID-19 count to 89. CLSBNM BNM