LUCKNOW: Dimple Yadav, former MP and the wife of Samajwadi Party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav, and their daughter were among five new Covid-19 cases reported in Lucknow on Wednesday. The RT-PCR report of Akhilesh, however, was found to be negative.
Giving information about her status, Dimple Yadav tweeted “I am fully vaccinated and asymptomatic, but still I have isolated myself after the Covid test report came positive and request people who have met me recently to get themselves tested soon."
Soon after the test report arrived, the health department swung into action and a team was sent to her residence for contact tracing.
Dr Milind Vardhan, district surveillance officer (DIO), said that the daughter-mother duo have isolated themselves at home and the health department team was monitoring their health.
"The test of the daughter was done on December 19 after she developed a fever and the mother's sample was given for the test on Tuesday night. Both the tests were done by a private lab. As of now, the daughter has mild symptoms, whereas the mother is asymptomatic. Their samples have been sent for genome sequencing,” he said.
Other three patients who were diagnosed with the disease were residents of Kursi Road, Cantonment area and Alambagh respectively. The Kursi Road resident had recently visited Himachal Pradesh and got himself tested after developing a cough and sore throat. The men from Cantonment and Alambagh were found infected during a random sampling drive.
Meanwhile, at least 28,331 people took the jab against Covid-19 in Lucknow on Wednesday. While 22,540 people took the second dose, 5,791 got the first. Among those vaccinated with first or second shots, 56% were men and 44% women.
