Thrissur: India’s first Covid affected person, a medical scholar from Thrissur, Kerala has examined optimistic once more for the virus. She was on the brink of go away for Delhi for research so her samples have been examined.
The RT-PCR outcome turned out to be optimistic, she is at dwelling 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 Okay J Reena advised PTI. The girl is presently at dwelling and “she is OK,” the physician mentioned.
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 scholar from Wuhan college examined optimistic for coronavirus, changing into the nation’s first COVID-19 affected person, days after she had returned dwelling following semester holidays.
After almost three weeks of therapy on the Thrissur Medical College Hospital, she had examined damaging twice for the virus, confirming her restoration, and was discharged on February 20, 2020.
While recounting the story final yr, she advised 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 advised NDTV.
