Vadodara: A two-year-old girl in Bodeli town of Chhota Udepur district tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases in the district to two.
Officials said that the girl is the granddaughter of a 60-year-old man who tested positive on April 5. “We had taken samples of 14 members of the patient’s family. While all others have tested negative, the two-year-old girl’s report turned out to be positive,” said district collector Sujal Mayatra. All family members are currently under quarantine at government quarantine facility.
Mayatra said that the administration is in the process of shifting the girl to GMERS Medical College and Hospital in Gotri of Vadodara. “We are also contemplating on sending the girl’s mother too along because she is just two-year-old and may need mother’s care,” he said.
Meanwhile, the area from which the two patients belong have already been cluster quarantined and sanitation and disinfecting activity is being conducted on daily basis.
The 60-year-old man, who had returned from Delhi on March 23 after attending the congregation of Tabhlighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin, had tested positive on April 5. He is undergoing treatment at the hospital in Gotri.
Officials said that the girl is the granddaughter of a 60-year-old man who tested positive on April 5. “We had taken samples of 14 members of the patient’s family. While all others have tested negative, the two-year-old girl’s report turned out to be positive,” said district collector Sujal Mayatra. All family members are currently under quarantine at government quarantine facility.
Mayatra said that the administration is in the process of shifting the girl to GMERS Medical College and Hospital in Gotri of Vadodara. “We are also contemplating on sending the girl’s mother too along because she is just two-year-old and may need mother’s care,” he said.
Meanwhile, the area from which the two patients belong have already been cluster quarantined and sanitation and disinfecting activity is being conducted on daily basis.
The 60-year-old man, who had returned from Delhi on March 23 after attending the congregation of Tabhlighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin, had tested positive on April 5. He is undergoing treatment at the hospital in Gotri.
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