Updated On: 22 February, 2021 08:08 PM IST | Mumbai | Prakash Bambhrolia
As high-footfall highway hotel at the trijunction of Mumbai, Thane and Vasai sees 21 staff members test positive, MBMC fast-tracks testing; but what about BMC and TMC?

After 21 staff members of the Express Inn Hotel tested positive, MBMC started testing in nearby areas including hotels and a petrol pump. The authorities have now sealed the hotel till March 4
In a worrying turn of events, a hotel in Ghodbunder that saw high footfall, was sealed by the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) on Sunday after 21 of its 91 staffers tested positive for COVID-19. While it was the hotel authorities who had decided to get the staffers tested as a precautionary measure, and informed the municipal corporation of the finding, MBMC started testing in the locality where six more people were found positive.