At least six staff members working at the iconic Taj Mahal Palace and Towers hotel in south Mumbai have tested positive for coronavirus, according to authoritative sources.
Indian Hotels Company, which runs the Taj Hotel chain, confirmed that some of its employees have been found positive for virus, though not specified the number of infected employees.
All of them have been hospitalised after tested positive for Covid-19 and are reported to be stable under medical care. “Taj hotel employees are being treated at the Bombay Hospital and their condition is stable right now,” said Dr Gautam Bhansali, the hospital’s consultant surgeon, as media reported.
After the outbreak of coronavirus, the company has been hosting, at its hotels in the city, doctors and health workers from various state-run hospitals treating coronavirus cases and also those rendering other emergency services.
Besides Taj Palace at Colaba, it also runs Taj Lands End at Bandra, Vivanta President at Cuffe Parade, and Taj Santacruz.
At present the iconic Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel of the company in south Mumbai does not have any guests and only minimal staff are there to make sure upkeep of the property, a company statement said.
A doctor working for the civic body said last week they were accommodated in Taj Palace Colaba and later shifted to Tak Lands End in Bandra.
Asserting that all of its staffers found positive are from Taj Colaba, an IHC official said the property overlooking the famous Gateway of India monument has been completely sanitised and there is no one going in or out.
