Eight doctors and four paramedics of Nagpur's Government Medical College and Hospital were quarantined after they came in contact with a person who hid the fact that his younger brother was a COVID-19 patient and then went on to test positive himself for novel coronavirus, health officials said on March 30.

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The man, who tested positive for the virus on March 29, was examined by the 12 medical staff at GMCH last week, an official said. Besides, a private hospital has also been sealed till further orders where this man, who suffers from paralysis, was admitted before being shifted to the government-run hospital.

Two people who tested positive on March 30 were also close contacts of this man, officials said.