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Dileep V Kumar ByExpress News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Taking note of the incident in which a healthcare worker in Kottayam tested positive for Covid-19, directives were issued to healthcare workers (HCWs) to follow standard precautions while engaging in patient care. It is for the first time a healthcare worker contracted the virus while caring for Covid-19 patients since the state started reporting positive cases from January 30. “A healthcare worker testing positive and that too due to attending patients with Covid-19 is a serious issue. “It is meant for staff in outpatient department, inpatient services, emergency department, ambulance services and supportive services like laboratory, mortuary and others. Whereas for those in home quarantine, the recommended PPE is a triple layer mask..