: One more suspected case of coronavirus #IndiaNEWS #Goa News NT NETWORK Panaji A fresh suspected case of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been reported in Goa. A 36-year-old man, who had travelled

One more suspected case of coronavirus #IndiaNEWS #Goa News
NT NETWORK

Panaji

A fresh suspected case of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been
reported in Goa. A 36-year-old man, who had travelled from Kerala to Goa, has
been quarantined at the Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim.

This is the fourth consecutive day that Goa has reported
new suspected cases of COVID-19.

On March 11, two patients were quarantined; one patient
each were quarantined on March 12 and 13.

Ã¢Â€ÂœThe new patient is having cough, fever and
breathlessness,Ã¢Â€? state epidemiologist Dr Utkarsh Betodkar told Ã¢Â€Â˜The Navhind
TimesÃ¢Â€Â™.

Blood and throat swab samples of the patient have been
sent to the laboratory of the Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases,
Mumbai, for examination.

A middle-aged man who had returned from Dubai has tested
negative for the virus after his samples were examined at the Mumbai-based
laboratory, while the report of the 26-year-old woman foreigner who was
quarantined on Friday is still awaited.

She had travelled from Russia to Goa.

The middle-aged man has been discharged; the woman
foreigner will continue to remain in the isolation ward.

It is pertinent to note that on Friday the 27-year-old
man and the 23-year-old women, both Goans who were quarantined on March 11, had
tested negative and they both were discharged from the GMC.

As of Saturday, there are two patients in the isolation
ward of the GMC.

With the new case reported on Saturday, the total number
of suspected cases of COVID-19 has gone up 18 in Goa.

Fourteen persons and their two close contacts were
quarantined after they showed symptoms of the infection. However, all the 16
samples tested negative for the virus.

A total of 55 passengers have been placed under Ã¢Â€Â˜home
quarantineÃ¢Â€Â™, and they have been under the watch of the DHS soon after their
return from different parts of the world.

They have not shown any sign and symptoms of the
COVID-19.

Health officers are tracking the returnees on a daily
basis to see if they are experiencing any symptoms of the deadly virus, such as
fever, cough and respiratory distress.
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