Chandigarh reports new coronavirus case; tally now 8

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 27

Chandigarh reported a new coronavirus case on Friday, an official said---the eighth case in the city.

 UT Adviser Manoj Parida said in a tweet that authorities were trying to track down the people who might have come in contact with the person, who travelled to Dubai recently.

The latest case was a 22-year-old man from Sector 30 in Chandigarh who returned from Dubai on March 11. He developed fever on March 25, the 15th day of his return---considered unusual for the virus, which usually has an incubation period of between 2 and 14 days. 

“Bad news, one new corona positive case in Chandigarh. Dubai returned.  Symptoms detection on 15th day. Unusual. Tracing his contacts. All will be quarantined,” Parida said in a tweet.

A press release by Chandigarh’s Department of Public Relations said that the patient was admitted to GMCH 32 on March 25. Health Department then tracked down 57 of his contacts---both primary, incluing his family, and secondary---and put them under home quarantine.

This number includes his mother, who the press release says is a “high-risk contact”.

High risk people in terms of this disease are either the elderly or people with pre-existing health conditions.

He’s been kept in an isolation ward and is “totally asymptomatic and fully stable”, the release said.

This brings Chandigarh’s coronavirus tally to eight. Seven people were  previously tested positive for the global pandemic that has wreaked havoc across the world.

India’s coronavirus tally has crossed 700, with 17 deaths. Chandigarh is under curfew to prevent spread of the disease.