Following tests, 53 media persons from Mumbai city have been found positive for coronavirus on Monday.
The media persons, mostly belonging to TV channels have been continuously covering the pandemic.
Special camp
Chief of Public Relations at the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) told
Mostly TV journalists
Head of the journalist association at MCGM, Vishnu Sonawane said that a majority of those who tested positive are from TV channels.
The media persons are being provided medical treatment and held in quarantine at a hotel in Goregaon.
The arrangement for the media persons was possible due to the help provided by the MCGM Mayor, Kishori Pednekar and Environment Minister, Aditya Thackeray.