Coronavirus: Top doctor on forefront tests positive

Srinagar: A leading pulmonologist and Head of Department, Chest Disease Hospital Srinagar, one of the exclusive facilities for the management of the novel coronavirus in the Valley, has tested positive for the pathogen.

Sources were quoted as saying by Srinagar based local news agency  that swab sample of the senior doctor, one of the top healthcare workers leading from the front in the fight against the disease, was taken on Monday afternoon and it returned positive late last night.