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Health Authorities Track Down All 266 Who Came In Contact With Kanika Kapoor, Samples Test Negative
Swarajya Staff
Mar 23, 2020, 03:47 PM | Updated 03:47 PM IST
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The health authorities have tracked down all 266 individuals who came in contact with Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor. The samples collected from these individuals have tested negative, Indian Express has reported.
As per the report the authorities have tested 60 individuals so far and all of them have tested negative. More people would be tested in the coming days if they show Covid-19 symptoms.
The individuals traced include those who were guests at the four parties attended by Kapoor and also people present at the shops and salons visited by her. Such establishments including the Taj Hotel where Kapoor stayed have been temporarily shut as a preventive measure.
Kapoor had prominently come in contact with senior politicians like Vasundhara Raje, her son and BJP MP Dushyant Singh and former union minister Jatin Prasad. They have tested negative for Covid-19.
Kapoor is currently admitted in Lucknow’s SGPGI medical college.
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