Fifth Corona Case in Hyderabad- First Patient Cured & Released- News Website in India
HYDERABAD:
The fifth person
to test positive for coronavirus in Hyderabad on 17 March 2020. The person identified
as a 52-year-old Indonesian who reached Karimnagar via Delhi. The state health
authorities confirmed the COVID-19 virus test as positive and declared it as
the fifth case in the state. The patient appeared to come with a group
comprising residents from Indonesia and Malaysia who came to India to attend a
meeting at Karimnagar. As of now, officials have traced around 11 contacts of
the patients.
Soon after the
news about the patient surfaced on Monday evening, some members from the group
rushed to the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad from Karimnagar, where they were
already attending the meeting.
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According to
said sources, the patient showed signs of fever, cough and breathlessness.
Meanwhile,
Official discharged the first person (a 24-year-old software techie) to tested
Covid-19 positive in Hyderabad from the hospital on Friday. The patient was
undergoing treatment in the Gandhi Hospital. After tested negative for
coronavirus for twice, the Officials allowed him to go home. However,
authorities have strictly advised a home quarantine and observation for 2 weeks
following the discharge.
The second
case of corona positive came on Saturday 14 March. Nothing much known apart
from the fact that the person came with a travel history to Italy. Two more
persons with similar travel history also underwent the test. Officials sent
their samples to National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune for observation.
The third
confirmed case came on 15 March. The patient has a travel history to the
Netherlands. The fourth positive coronavirus case came on 16 March. The state
health ministry confirmed that the person is a recent traveller to Scotland.
The authorities
send the first patient to home three days ago after treating him successfully.
Meanwhile, the rest of the patients remains under treatment and isolation care.
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