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Maha: Woman tests positive, first case from rural Amravati

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Maha: Woman tests positive, first case from rural Amravati
Amravati (Maha), May 1 () The first coronaviruscase from the rural belt of Maharashtra's Amravati districtwas detected on Friday after a 50-year-old homemaker fromWarud tested positive in a hospital in Nagpur, some 150kilometres from here, health officials said.

The woman was admitted in a private hospital in Warudhere three days ago with cough and fever and was then shiftedto the government hospital in Nagpur where her report returnedpositive on Friday, an official said.

"Her husband, who is a driver with the tehsil office,has been quarantined and contact tracing is underway. The areaaround her home and the private hospital have been sealed anddisinfected," he said.

"The woman had been to Chandur railway station somedays ago and three contacts from there and seven from Warudhave been kept in isolation in the civil hospital here," headded. CORBNM BNM


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