Assam girl tests negative in re-check

GUWAHATI: The second test of a four-and-a-half-year-old girl in Assam, who had initially tested positive for coronavirus, has turned out to be negative, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday.
“The 4-year-old child who was suspected of #covid19 and tested in Jorhat Medical College and RMRC, Dibrugarh has been found NEGATIVE. There is no Covid19 positive case in Assam so far,” Sarma tweeted, attaching a copy of the report.
The minor was suspected to be infected with the deadly virus after the first test conducted at Jorhat Medical College Hospital on Saturday.
“The girl, her sister and her mother came to Jorhat on March 19. Health workers visited the family on March 20 and brought them to JMCH as the girl exhibited symptoms,” Jorhat Deputy Commissioner Roshni Aparanji Korati said.
Korati said the authority have started tracing all those who came in contact of the girl, whose family has no history of foreign travel.
“Everybody is being placed under home isolation, including the health workers visiting them. The family has been shifted to the isolation ward at Jorhat Medical College,” the deputy commissioner added.
(With PTI inputs)