First case of infection of U.K. strain of coronavirus found in Madhya Pradesh
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The affected person, who’s asymptomatic, has been positioned in residence isolation, Indore district collector Manish Singh mentioned.
In the primary such case in Madhya Pradesh, a 39-year-old man who returned to Indore from the U.K. final month has examined optimistic for the brand new coronavirus (COVID-19) strain, senior officers mentioned on Friday.
The affected person, who’s asymptomatic, has been positioned in residence isolation, district collector Manish Singh mentioned. It was the primary case of infection of the U.K. variant of the virus in the State, mentioned Dr. Veena Sinha, extra director, Madhya Pradesh Health Department.
After coming back from the U.K., the person had come in contact with 39 individuals, 34 of them from outdoors Indore district, a neighborhood well being official mentioned.
These 34 individuals had been contacted and knowledgeable about his standing. The remaining 5, together with two of the affected person’s members of the family, are from Indore and have undergone COVID-19 assessments and are in good well being, the official added.
The man returned from the U.K. on December 23 and examined optimistic for coronavirus. His samples had been then despatched to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi and its report confirmed that he was carrying the brand new variant of the virus, the official mentioned.
