85-year-old man in Jaipur tests positive for coronavirus

Yash Goyal
Our Correspondent
Jaipur, March 11

An 85-year man, who had recently travelled to Dubai, tested positive for coronavirus at a government hospital in Jaipur, Additional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) R K Singh said on Tuesday night.

This is the third positive case of coronavirus in Rajasthan after an Italian couple was diagnosed earlier this month. The Italian woman has now improved and tested negative, while her husband’s health is improving, the secretary said.

“The Jaipur person who travelled to Dubai has unfortunately tested positive – it has been confirmed now. We have also got the manifest of the Spicejet flight he took from Dubai to Jaipur and are doing due diligence on that. Intense contact tracing is going on,” Singh said.

“A Jaipur based 85-year-old male, who returned from Dubai on 28th Feb had shown symptoms of novel virus. He was presumptive (first test) positive. However, the first confirmatory test was inconclusive so we are repeating with fresh sample and it was confirmed positive on Tuesday.”

His wife who travelled with her to Dubai, the doctor who treated them here and son has been kept in isolation. The latter don’t have symptoms.

A total of 235 people who came in contact with the octogenarian and his family have already been traced and are being monitored, he said.