Two doctors of Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi have tested positive for COVID-19.

News reports confirm that two resident doctors have tested positive for COVID-19 in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital.

Two resident doctors of the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi have tested positive for coronavirus infection. One of them, who is part of the team was treating COVID-19 patients at the hospital during the duty. Another female resident doctor, a third-year post-graduate student of the biochemistry department who tested positive for the novel coronavirus had recently travelled to Dubai. Both of them showed symptoms of COVID-19 and their test results came out positive.

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