Thrissur: India’s first Covid affected person, a medical pupil from Thrissur, Kerala has examined constructive once more for the virus. She was on the point of go away for Delhi for examine so her samples had been examined.
The RT-PCR end result turned out to be constructive, she is at house however is okay.
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“She is reinfected with COVID-19. Her RT-PCR is positive, antigen is negative. She is asymptomatic,” Thrissur DMO Dr Ok J Reena instructed PTI. The lady is presently at house and “she is OK,” the physician stated.
According to an NCBI report, on January 27, 2020, the 20-year-old visited the Emergency Department in General Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala, with a one-day historical past of dry cough and sore throat she had no historical past of fever, rhinitis or shortness of breath.
The third-year medical pupil from Wuhan college examined constructive for coronavirus, changing into the nation’s first COVID-19 affected person, days after she had returned house following semester holidays.
After almost three weeks of therapy on the Thrissur Medical College Hospital, she had examined unfavorable twice for the virus, confirming her restoration, and was discharged on February 20, 2020.
While recounting the story final yr, she instructed NDTV, that on January thirteenth, when Wuhan college had closed for a four-week trip, she hadn’t anticipated the outbreak. “Everything seemed normal on the streets. By January 17th, people on the streets were wearing masks and then the situation quickly worsened,” she was quoted as saying.
“Our holiday was for only four weeks. In June, we have a longer holiday and I thought, considering the airfare, that I would go to India then,” she recalled.
“But as the situation worsened, we booked tickets for January 23. We had to fly out from Kunning to Kolkata because flight services were already restricted. On January 22, we got information from our seniors that the airports are going to be shut. We immediately went to the airport to get a connecting flight to Kunning. Amid the delay, we took a train instead,” she instructed NDTV.
