Three private hospitals in south Mumbai close to new patients amid coronavirus scare

A staff member walks past a notice board inside the premises of Wockhardt Hospital, after it was declared a containment zone as some of its medical staff tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

MUMBAI (Reuters) - At least three private hospitals in India's financial capital Mumbai have shut their doors to new patients on concerns of health workers getting exposed to the coronavirus, officials said on Thursday.

Around 70 medical staff were isolated at south Mumbai's Bhatia Hospital and were awaiting their test results for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, a spokeswoman told Reuters.