After a patient admitted to a private hospital tested positive for coronavirus, nearly eighty staff members were put in quarantine at home, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said on March 13.

The patient, who tested positive for Covid-19 on March 12, was shifted to civic-run Kasturba Hospital, the official said. "All medical and non-medical staff of this private hospital who came in direct or indirect contact with patient were quarantined at home and they are under observation," the BMC official said.