The first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. The condition of the patient is, however, ‘stable’, a senior official said on March 19.
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“A 23-year-old woman, who recently returned from the United Kingdom, has tested positive for COVID-19,” B.S. Chavan, Director-Principal of the Government Medical College and Hospital at Sector-32 here, told The Hindu.
Mr. Chavan said the patient had been kept in the isolation ward of the hospital.
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“The sample of the patient was sent to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, which confirmed that the women is suffering from COVID-19,” said Prof. Chavan.
The patient, a resident of the city’s Sector 21, had reported at the hospital, complaining that she had developed cold and fever after landing at the Amritsar airport on March 15.
