Woman from Mizoram tested COVID-19 positive in Mumbai
The woman reached Mumbai in February and was admittedto a private hospital for treatment of some other ailment. Asshe was suffering from fever, her swab sample was tested andthe result was found to be positive on Monday, the ministersaid in a statement here.
She was then shifted from the private hospital to theICU of a designated Covid-19 facility, he said.
She was found asymptomatic on Tuesday and her samplewas collected for another test, the result of which is yet tocome, he said.
Lalthangliana said the sample of the woman's husbandhas not been collected and it would be done only whenrequired.
The health minister said a total of 48 people fromMizoram - 16 patients and 32 attendants - are currently lodgedat the Mizoram House in Mumbai.
Medical experts from Mumbai Municipal Corporation onTuesday screened the inmates and have taken samples of 22 ofthem for test, he said.
They did not show any symptoms of novel coronavirus,he said.
The minister said that the Mizoram house was sanitizedwith disinfectant on Tuesday.
He said the state government has traced 11 people, whocame into contact with the woman and returned to Mizoram fromMumbai after March 15, were put under home quarantine.
A senior doctor in Shillong, who belonged to the Mizocommunity, has also tested positive for novel coronavirus onMonday, Lalthangliana said and asked the Mizo people inShillong not to panic as the patient was stable.
The lone COVID-19 patient undergoing treatment inMizoram is recovering, the minister said.
The patient, who was pursuing higher studies inAmsterdam, tested positive for novel coronavirus on March 25. CORNN NN