Eleven people, including seven family members of a man who tested positive for coronavirus after his visit to Thailand, have been quarantined at their residence, health officials said on Friday.
The 25-year-old man, who also travelled to Malaysia, has tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the national capital to three.
The Delhi Health department has also prepared a containment plan that includes preparing a buffer zone of five kilometres by Geospatial Delhi Ltd around the patients reported so far, a bulletin said.
Fifty households in west Delhi, where the fresh case lives, have been put under surveillance to check the spread of the infection, it added.
"The family of the patient comprising his wife, parents, brother, sister-in-law and their two kids has been home quarantined. Their samples have been taken for testing," the Delhi government health official said.
The office of the patient, who has been shifted to the Safdarjung Hopsital for treatment, is in Gurgaon but he operated from his residence.
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"The patient, his wife, brother and sister-in-law worked from home," the official said, adding that they are trying to trace the other people the patient came in contact with.
Additionally, four more people who came in contact with the man have also been home quarantined and tested.
A Paytm employee who tested positive for coronavirus is also a resident of west Delhi.
Officials said all 95 people who came in contact with the Paytm employee have been traced. Of the 95, 22 are from Delhi and they have also been home quarantined.
So far, 31 people have tested positive for coronavirus in India, according to the Union Health Ministry.