Hyderabad, which witnessed a record spike of 1,600 new cases on Saturday, got another reason for panic when a top city jeweller died of Covid-19. The jeweller, who owned a high-end store in Himayatnagar area, had a few days ago hosted a lavish birthday party which saw over a hundred people in attendance from city’s high society circles. Several members of the jewellers association had also attended the party.
As per a news report, proprietor of another top adornments chain, who had gone to the slam, likewise kicked the bucket of Covid-19 on Saturday. Authorities presume he gotten the infection from the gathering host.
Not long after the updates on passings spread on
Saturday, froze participants hurried to get themselves tried at private labs.
In the interim, The Telangana wellbeing office on Saturday blamed private labs for giving unusual testing results for Covid-19, not clinging to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) rules and lacking satisfactory foundation and prepared labor and served notification to 13 such labs.
There are currently 23 private diagnostic laboratories in the City that have received ICMR’s permission to conduct Covid-19 diagnostics in Telangana.
Hyderabad has emerged as a major coronavirus hotspot for the state. More than 50% of the cases recorded in the state are from the city limits.