Maid who tested positive for Covid-19 worked near CM’s house in B’luru

Team Udayavani, Mar 29, 2020, 12:59 PM IST

Bengaluru: A 35-year-old maid, who was tested positive for Covid-19 was in contact with around 70 people before her results were out.

The patient lived in Geddalahalli and worked for several houses in Dollars Colony and tension gripped the area after it was gathered that one of the houses she worked in was close to the Chief Minister’s residence. The woman is presently undergoing treatment at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases.

Reportedly she got infected as she worked along with patient number 25, another domestic help who had returned from abroad recently.

The woman had interacted with around 70 people, including other families for whom she worked as domestic help and the officials tracing the people she came in contact with, informed sources.