UP: Cancer patient shifted to isolation centre after he tests Covid-19 positive for second time in Hathras

Anuja Jaiswal | TNN | May 1, 2020, 21:31 IST

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AGRA: A 63-year-old cancer patient from Hathras, who was tested positive for Covid-19 at a private hospital in Noida two days ago, was shifted to Aligarh’s JNMC hopital from his residence on Friday only after he was again tested positive for the infection by local health officials. The total tally of such cases rose to five in the district.
Talking to TOI, Hathras CMO Brijesh Rathore, said that the family members approached them on Wednesday for a Covid-19 test, as the patient had visited Noida hospital for chemotherapy but they did not inform that he had already tested positive there. "We have admitted the patient in the isolation ward of JNMC after receiving his report," said Rathore.
However, the family members claimed that they had informed the health officials about the Covid-19 positive report on April 28 but they did not take the patient to the isolation centre and shifted him only after receiving their own report on Friday.
The patients' 25 family members including an eight-month-old child who were living in the same house have been quarantined by the health department.
District magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar said that one kilometre radius of the house where the family lives has been sealed completely and only essential items will be home delivered in the area. He said that thermal screening will be conducted door to door by health workers in the area.
Last month, the state government had declared Hathras district coronavirus free after patients suffering from the virus fully recovered and no new patient was infected with the virus in the district.
On April 15, four persons, who had tested positive for Covid-19 after attending Markaz congregation in Delhi, were discharged after their sample reports came negative. People who came in contact with them in the district had also not shown any symptoms.