Telangana Health minister Etela Rajender stated that two COVID-19 recovered patients have been Re-infected, tested positive again. He also said that There was no guarantee that the COVID-19 would not return again. Over 1 lakh cases in the state, 2 patients were Re-infected.
Etela Rajender also said that the positivity rate, the percentage of samples that test positive from the total samples collected, has come down to 4-5 percent while the mortality rate stands at 0.7-0.8 percent.
The number of COVID 19 cases will dip by September end in Telangana state.
The beds with oxygen facilities are available in all government hospitals in Telangana said by Telangana Health minister Etela Rajender.
He also said that all beds in district hospitals have also been fitted with oxygen facilities. He asked people not to panic if they tested positive for COVID-19.
He advised them not to prevent bodies of COVID-19 victims from being brought into villages and towns.
Dr. Srinivas Rao the director of public health said that “Recently, we have ramped up testing and are now conducting 50,000 tests per day and the positivity rate is around five percent. Earlier, the positivity rate was between 20-25 percent,”
Dr. Rao also added that the state has conducted more than 5 lakh tests just in these months.
The government has said that the main aim is to detect the virus early and treat patients accordingly. For this purpose, around 1100 testing centers have been set up in Telangana state that is conducting both RT-PCR Testing and Rapid Antigen.
The state has also set up a special facility for professionals at NIMS Hospital.
DR.Rao also mentions “Almost 16 people have died and more than 2,000 health care professionals infected in the state there are separate wards for health care professionals At NIMS Hospital.
Its is the world’s second covid-19 re-infected case.
The world’s first COVID-19 re-infected case was brought to light in Hong Kong. The man in question caught into the deadly virus after battling against it in April. Scientists called this the first confirmed COVID-19 case of re-infect, more alarming as it occurred within 4 months of its first infection.
The newly discovered patient was reported to be suffering from another bout of SARS-CoV-2 after getting detected at the airport this month. The 33-year-old was traveling back to Hong Kong from his tour to Europe.
According to researchers from the University of Hong Kong, the patient, who is an information technology worker, was infected with two different strains of the virus that was found after analyzing his genomic sequence.
However, he was only detected through this airport screening because he did not show any symptoms of the disease suggesting that he might be infected with a milder variant. Researchers believed that this may likely mean that “subsequent infections are milder.”
