85-year-old Jaipur man tests positive for Covid-19
Coronavirus in India
An 85-year-old man from Jaipur, who had returned from Dubai on February 28, has tested positive for coronavirus, a state government official said on Wednesday.
"He was found presumptive positive in the first test yesterday and hence, a second test was conducted with fresh samples," Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rohit Kumar Singh said while speaking to media."
''The man who travelled to Dubai has been tested positive for coronavirus. It has been confirmed now. Will keep you posted of the developments," Singh said.
"We have also got the manifest of the Spicejet flight he took from Dubai to Jaipur and are doing due diligence on that, adding that intense contact tracing is underway," the official said.
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