Kashmir’s first COVID-19 patient recovers, tests negative

at 2:03 pm

Mubashir Bukhari

Srinagar (NVI): Kashmiri’s first positive COVID-19 patient, a woman, has recovered fully and has been tested negative for the virus today.

SKIMS officials told NVI that the lady from Srinagar, who was first positive case of coronavirus has tested negative. “She will be kept at quarantine for a period of 14 days after that it will be decided whether to discharge her or not,” they said.

They said that the anti- viral drugs recommend by World Health Organization has helped her to recover.

67- year -old Saudi returned lady from Khanyar area of Srinagar was tested positive for COVID-19 on March 18th and was admitted at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura where she was quarantined and put under observation.

She had gone to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah pilgrimage.

Soon after she was tested positive, reports appeared that on arrival from Saudi Arabia, she walked out of the Srinagar airport using the VIP exit gate without getting screened using influence.

Later, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir PK Pole had asked the Deputy Commissioner Budgam to submit a detailed report about the incident.

Once she was tested positive, samples of two of here close relatives were taken. But the results came negative.

Till now Jammu and Kashmir has 41 positive cases with two deaths and two recovery cases.