Kerala man tests positive for Covid-19 thrice in 6 months
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 25: A thirty-eight year old man in Trissur has tested positive for coronavirus thrice in the past six months in RT-PCR (real-time polymerase chain reaction) tests.
Meanwhile, the health department has launched an in-depth analysis of the case, according to a report of Times Now.
Palavelil Savio Joseph of Ponnukkara was working as a service supervisor with an event management firm in Oman when he was infected of the fatal viru first time.
"I tested positive in March after I got infected from a colleague who visited China. I was admitted to a private hospital in Muscat with complaints of chest pain and breathing difficulty. I was discharged after a week," Joseph said.
Joseph's wife in April gave birth to twin daughters in Kozhikode but the father has not been able to visit them due to the repeated infections.
He
returned
to
the
state
in
June
as
the
pandemic
situation
worsening
in
Oman
that
time.
In
July,
Joseph
tested
positive
for
the
virus
again
and
was
admitted
to
Thrissur
medical
college
Hospital
on
July
22
and
discharged
on
August
11.
However,
he
tested
positive
again
after
two
weeks
and
was
readmitted
to
the
hospital
on
September
5
and
discharged
on
September
11
based
on
a
negitive
antigen
test.
However,
healthcare
experts
dismissed
chances
of
a
reinfection.
"It could be a case of false positive or viral litter and it and it might not be infectious. We need a detailed analysis", said the head of the state-level experts' committee.
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Notably,
there
are
some
instances
of
being
COVID
positive
twice
in
the
country
earlier.
Twio
days
back,
a
25-year-old
woman
in
Pune
has
tested
positive
for
Covid-19
again,
after
first
contracting
it
in
July.
In early September, a 27-year-old Bengaluru woman re-infected with the virus.