Four-year-girl is Bokaro’s youngest Covid patient

Bokaro: A four-year-old girl, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday night, is the youngest patient in the district so far, officials said on Monday. The girl, both her parents and four other patients, all of whom hail from Gomia block, have been moved to the Covid ward of Bokaro General Hospital (BGH) and they are asymptomatic.
The district has recorded 36 cases, including a seven-year-old girl from Telo village, so far. The girl was discharged after recovering on April 25. Two persons have also succumbed to the viral infection. Bokaro became Covid-free on June 19 after the last three patients were cured and released. However, the virus returned on Sunday night with the seven persons testing positive.
BGH director of medical services, A K Singh, said, “The four-year-old girl has been allotted a separate bed close to her mother in the female ward. Since she is fond of milk, Bournvita and biscuits, we are feeding her with those apart from fruits and nutritious diet. She is stable.”
Dr Rakesh Gautam, the nodal officer of BGH, added, “The girl is being administered multivitamins and vitamin-C to improve her immunity. Nurses and doctors are closely watching her.”
They are residents of Badki Sidhwara panchayat and arrived from Jammu on June 17. After their arrival, they were put in institutional quarantine, Gautam added.
Deputy commissioner Mukesh Kumar said, “Contact tracing and assessment of travel history related to the patients have started.”