NAGPUR: If there is a case of one Covid-19 patient passing on infection to more than 50 in city, there are also cases of those who did not pass on infection to even one person. One such 35-year-old man recovered and was discharged on Thursday.
He is third patient in city not to infect even one other person, not even his wife and children. Earlier, two associates of a software company, among the earliest detected cases in city, had also not affected a single person.
“I think I am blessed. I am a devotee of Lord Krishna. I prayed all the time during my isolation that no one should get infected by me. About 40 people in my close contact were tested and no one was found positive,” said the man who reached home after 28 days’ isolation because his 14th day samples had also tested positive.
“I was feeling a bit low and feverish even on 14th day. Doctors were treating me but viral load was still high on14th day. It was disappointing. My 13-year-old son asked me to go ahead and kill the virus. His video call was quite inspiring,” the man said. He claimed regular Yoga, having lukewarm water with honey, general Ayurvedic remedies like turmeric and ginger helped the course of modern medicines. Being an active member of International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), he used his free time for meditation and religious activities.
According to doctors, the lifestyle and food habits may have played a role in this. Coronavirus is known to spread more aggressively in densely populated localities and areas where personal and hand hygiene etiquettes are not followed. The patient who got discharged today lives in a posh housing comlex near Gandhisagar lake where every family-member has plenty of space. Earlier two patients were the residents of West Nagpur and they were also living in separate houses with small families.
“Sharing food in one platter, having water from same bottle is not the practice in our house. I think that must have protected my family from infection even though I lived with them for more than 10 days after returning from Delhi in Telangana Express. I got infected during this train journey,” said the recovered patient who will now spend further 14 days in home quarantine.
Patients who affected none
1. 45-yr-old colleague of 1st patient from Nagpur | Detected on March 13 | discharged on March 28 | more than 22 close contacts tested | no one found affected
2. 43-yr-old colleague of 1st patient from Nagpur | Detected on March 14 | discharged on March 28 | more than 30 close contacts tested | No one found affected
3. 35-yr-old resident near Gandhisagar | Detected on March 29 | Discharged on April 23 | More than 35 contacts tested | No one found affected
He is third patient in city not to infect even one other person, not even his wife and children. Earlier, two associates of a software company, among the earliest detected cases in city, had also not affected a single person.
“I think I am blessed. I am a devotee of Lord Krishna. I prayed all the time during my isolation that no one should get infected by me. About 40 people in my close contact were tested and no one was found positive,” said the man who reached home after 28 days’ isolation because his 14th day samples had also tested positive.
“I was feeling a bit low and feverish even on 14th day. Doctors were treating me but viral load was still high on14th day. It was disappointing. My 13-year-old son asked me to go ahead and kill the virus. His video call was quite inspiring,” the man said. He claimed regular Yoga, having lukewarm water with honey, general Ayurvedic remedies like turmeric and ginger helped the course of modern medicines. Being an active member of International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), he used his free time for meditation and religious activities.
According to doctors, the lifestyle and food habits may have played a role in this. Coronavirus is known to spread more aggressively in densely populated localities and areas where personal and hand hygiene etiquettes are not followed. The patient who got discharged today lives in a posh housing comlex near Gandhisagar lake where every family-member has plenty of space. Earlier two patients were the residents of West Nagpur and they were also living in separate houses with small families.
“Sharing food in one platter, having water from same bottle is not the practice in our house. I think that must have protected my family from infection even though I lived with them for more than 10 days after returning from Delhi in Telangana Express. I got infected during this train journey,” said the recovered patient who will now spend further 14 days in home quarantine.
Patients who affected none
1. 45-yr-old colleague of 1st patient from Nagpur | Detected on March 13 | discharged on March 28 | more than 22 close contacts tested | no one found affected
2. 43-yr-old colleague of 1st patient from Nagpur | Detected on March 14 | discharged on March 28 | more than 30 close contacts tested | No one found affected
3. 35-yr-old resident near Gandhisagar | Detected on March 29 | Discharged on April 23 | More than 35 contacts tested | No one found affected
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