Two patients at SSG suspected with Delta variant

Vadodara: Two patients admitted at state-run SSG Hospital in Vadodara are suspected to be infected by Delta variant of Covid-19. Sources said that samples of the patients have been sent to laboratory for analysis. The two patients including a youth and a middle-aged man have been admitted in Covid-19 ward.
The duo has travel history of Kerala. “They had gone to Kerala and after return developed Covid-19 symptoms. The reports are awaited,” said a hospital functionary. The duo earlier had taken treatment under home isolation but were admitted at the government hospital five days ago.
Earlier in June, the first case of Delta plus variant of SARS-Cov-2 virus was recorded in Jarod village of Waghodiya taluka.
Health officials had swung into action after it had come to light that a 38-year-old female resident of Jarod had become the first recorded case of the new variant in Vadodara. However, health teams’ scanning of her neighbourhood as part of the precautionary measure found others testing negative.