26 test negative for coronavirus in Goa

Press Trust of India  |  Panaji 

Tests conducted on 26 suspected

COVID-19 patients in Goa have come negative for the infection, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Monday.

Their testing was done at the Goa Medical College and Hospitals virology lab.

Rane said samples of these 26 people were collected during the day on Sunday and sent to the lab for testing.

Results were out late Sunday night and all are negative, he said.

Goa has so far reported seven cases of COVID-19 and all the patients are being treated at a special hospital in South Goa.

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First Published: Mon, April 06 2020. 16:28 IST