: Foreigner tests negative for COVID-19 #IndiaNEWS #Goa News Panaji: The 26-year-old foreigner woman, who was quarantined on Friday last in the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) at Bambolim as

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Foreigner tests negative for COVID-19 #IndiaNEWS #Goa News
Panaji: The 26-year-old foreigner woman, who was quarantined on Friday last in the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) at Bambolim as a suspected case of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, has tested negative after her blood and throat swab samples were examined by the laboratory of the Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai.



A senior official confirmed that the case of the
foreigner, who had travelled from Russia to Goa, is negative for the particular
virus that has originated from China’s Wuhan city and there is no reason to
worry. The woman has been discharged from the GMC. 



The official said that the report of the 36-year-old man,
who had travelled to Goa from Kerala is still awaited and is expected by Monday
evening.



The official further said that there are no new patients
admitted at the GMC as suspected cases of COVID-19 and added that a total of 65
passengers have been placed under ‘home quarantine’, and they have been under
the watch of the directorate of health services (DHS) soon after their return
from different parts of the world. They have not shown any sign and symptom of
COVID-19, the official said.



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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