Chennai:
About 85 people today, which includes employees members, at ITC Grand Chola in Chennai have tested positive for COVID-19 considering the fact that December 15 final year, a senior official stated on Saturday.
Of the total of 609 samples collected so far, 85 had been discovered to be positive for the virus.
The Greater Chennai Corporation has been instructed to carry out saturation testing of all the guests at the hotel, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan stated.
ITC Grand Chola, in a release, stated all events at the house had been performed in adherence to the norms mandated by the authorities. Only 50 per cent capacity of the hall was becoming used to make sure maximum social distancing and security, it added.
The initially case was reported following a chef tested positive for the infection on December 15.
As several as 16 and 13 circumstances had been reported on December 31, 2020, and January 1, 2021.
“Of the total of 609 samples collected till now from the hotel and in and around the residences of the staff, 85 have so far been found to be positive. They all displayed mild symptoms and were sent home after treatment,” Mr Radhakrishnan stated.
The hotel stated all associates had been often tested and monitored, “which is an ongoing process and part of our hygiene protocol.”
“Extreme care and diligence continue to be followed at all touch points and all necessary information has been shared with the authorities,” it stated.
Mr Radhakrishnan stated hotels in the city are periodically screened and sensitised.
“The Chennai Corporation was asked to conduct a saturation test for all the residents of the hotel,” he told reporters.
The hotel claimed that “while the GCC has classified some associates as asymptomatic and mild, the majority of our associates are working from home and have been absent from the property and so have no contact with other associates and guests.”
The civic employees beneath Joint Commissioner of Health, GCC, S Dhivyadarshini, performed fever camps and all workers and guests had been advised to undergo testing.